the OCLC Research blog
On May 20th from noon-1pm PDT / 3-4pm EDT / 8-9pm BST, we are hosting a Twitter chat inspired by our recent report Total Cost of Stewardship: Responsible Collection Building …
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I recently shared our excitement about a new publication from OCLC Research, Total Cost of Stewardship: Responsible Collection Building in Archives and Special Collections. The publication itself is not just …
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As a part of our work on the Building a National Finding Aid Network project, OCLC Research will be conducting focus group interviews with archival practitioners in order to better …
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I am very excited to announce the release today of Total Cost of Stewardship: Responsible Collection Building in Archives and Special Collections. The report and accompanying suite of tools is …
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Making informed and accurate projections of skills, time and materials needed for projects is key to responsibly managing the resources and collections entrusted to us. In the realm of archives …
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Over the last year, OCLC Research has been building a program of work to support archives and special collections in stewarding, providing access to, and advocating for the rare and unique audiovisual materials in …
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I recently wrote about the results of our survey to assess the needs of the Research Library Partnership (RLP) community related to audiovisual materials in special collections. In follow-up to …
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As diligent readers of Hanging Together likely already know, in October 2017, OCLC Research released the Research & Learning Agenda for Archives, Special, and Distinctive Collections. We created the agenda …
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Accessioning is a core function in the archival enterprise, but one that is significantly less discussed and examined than other elements of work in archives. Stewardship responsibilities and collection management …
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