Digitization and access in archives
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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Cameras in the reading room and the arc of change in archival practice
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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Science fiction, Smaug’s Lair, and the powerful skill of archivists
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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Archives and Special Collections / Libraries Archives and Museums / Metadata / User Behavior Studies and Synthesis
Now available! Research findings from Building a National Finding Aid Network
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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Collections as Data: Nascent progress and common need
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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Progress on building a National Finding Aid Network
The following post is part of a series highlighting OCLC Research’s efforts for the Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) project. You can view the rest of the series …
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NAFAN focus groups: Aligning participant selection with project values
This post is one in a series detailing the research work OCLC is contributing to the Building a National Finding Aid Project (NAFAN). You can see the rest of the …
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Join us for the Total Cost of Stewardship / #OCLC_TCoS Twitter Chat!
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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The Total Cost of Stewardship Tool Suite
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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Building a National Finding Aid Network: we need your help!
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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