the OCLC Research blog
RLP leaders discuss how institutions are moving to more resource sensitive collecting practices in archives and special collections.
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Over the next several months we are taking a look at the OCLC Research oeuvre, highlighting work that has stood the test of time, and discussing why these outputs were influential at the time of publication, and how they remain relevant and important.
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Reflections from a leadership discussion of recent changes in archives and special collections public services programs, including pandemic-era changes in serving researchers that have significantly altered user expectations.
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Key takeaways from a leadership discussion on advocacy and resourcing in archives and special collections, including strategies and advice.
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Leaders in archives and special collections discuss building programs for born-digital materials, illuminating challenges, and the current state of work.
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In my last Archives Month post, I reflected on the shift in practice related to allowing researchers to use cameras in special collections reading rooms, and what this has meant …
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One of the cool things about reaching mid-career is that I’ve now been around long enough to see patterns of change in the profession. I’ve recently been working on a …
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October is Archives Month in the US. All month, lots of different archives will be highlighting the cool, the weird, the interesting, and the important things in their collections and …
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I am excited to be sharing the outcomes of a major research project in service of archives, archival discovery, and archives researchers. For the last 2.5 years, OCLC has led …
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Next week I’m headed to Vancouver to attend Collections as Data: State of the Field and Future Directions, a collaborative working summit designed to provide an opportunity to assess the …
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