Collaboration is optional
Decisions on library collaboration can be improved by adopting an options perspective. Can a modest investment now expand future choices or flexibility?
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New OCLC Research report examines collaborative efforts in RDM
OCLC Research report examines how libraries collaboratively acquire RDM capacity.
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Collective discipline
Discipline-focused collective collections are important for stewardship strategies. Collaboration can help. So can data-driven analytics.
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Library collaboration: Three questions
OCLC Research has published a new report on library collaboration: Sustaining Art Research Collections: Case Studies in Collaboration. The report describes three examples of art libraries partnering with academic libraries, …
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A Dream of a Thousand Library Cats
“Little one, I would like to see anyone – prophet, king, or God – persuade a thousand cats to do anything at the same time.” Neil Gaiman, from The Sandman: …
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Print Redux?
The pandemic experience underscores that print collections still are highly valued, and will continue to have a significant role in library futures.
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Collaborating to better understand collaboration
The following post is part of a series highlighting the OCLC Research project Library Collaboration in Research Data Management. A successful collaboration depends on surrounding yourself with good partners. We took this …
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The interoperability imperative: Separated by a common language?
This blog is part of a series related to the Library Collaboration in RDM research project at OCLC Research. In a recent post, I described the interoperability imperative as a key element …
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The interoperability imperative in research support
The “dictionary definition” of interoperability is the “ability of a system … to work with or use the parts or equipment of another system.” Boiling this definition down to its …
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OpArt: The Art Research Collective Collection in Motion
Optical art – Op Art for short – explores the illusion of movement in two-dimensional spaces. To create the impression that the images on a canvas are in motion – …
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