the OCLC Research blog
As part of our joint research project with the CIC Center for Library Initiatives and the OSU Library, we’re examining inter-lending flows within and outside of the 13-member CIC consortium. …
Read MoreOur 2012 mega-regions analysis revealed a notable feature of the library landscape in North America: the apparent scarcity of print inventory varies significantly depending upon the scale at which it …
Read MoreThere’s been a lot of attention to geologic subsidence of late, what with all the sinkholes opening up in Florida, Louisiana and other places. Here in California, we are more …
Read MoreWe are excited to be working with the Ohio State University (OSU) and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) on a new project to explore the contours of a regional …
Read MoreLorcan Dempsey (VP of Research at OCLC) has long said that we need to “make our data work harder.” And for years that is exactly what OCLC Research has been …
Read MoreThis research note was co-authored by Brian Lavoie and Constance Malpas. Opportunity cost seems to be the watchword for print book collections these days. The staff, physical space, and other …
Read MoreI was fortunate to attend the final session of the recent Association of Research Libraries membership meeting on this topic. The panel of presentations served as the occasion for the …
Read MoreFor the past year and a half, Dennis and I have been working closely with a group of Research Library Partners and others to develop and test a method for …
Read MoreAt the last Association of Research Libraries (ARL) membership meeting (which means I’ve been carrying this thought around since mid-October, shame on me) I sat in on the Transforming Research …
Read MoreIn March, Jim and I attended a workshop on using the ARL 2030 Scenarios (I know, it was a while ago, but its been a busy year). If you have …
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