Collaboration Archives - Hanging Together

Nine people in a bright lobby pose with a large, colorful patchwork quilt featuring a grid of multicolored fabric squares; four stand behind holding the quilt Four people sit on a blue bench in front and five stand behind the bench

120 blocks, one story: The collective creation of the OCLC Quilt

June 17, 2026June 22, 2026 - by Kate James - 3 Comments.

The OCLC Quilters collaborated on a bold quilt for a silent auction benefiting the Christopher Hoy Scholarship Fund. The auction is during ALA Annual in Chicago

Collaboration / Engagement

Reading the room: What global library leadership conversations teach us

June 10, 2026June 15, 2026 - by Ellen Hartman - Leave a Comment

Magic happens when global library leaders engage in person. But be aware of some practical realities that shape those conversations.

Collaboration / Collective Collections / Shared Print

Data-driven workflows and the art of informational collaboration

March 31, 2026June 8, 2026 - by Brian Lavoie

Informational collaboration – sharing, aggregating, and analyzing data – drives stewardship at scale. Just ask shared print practitioners.

Collaboration / Collective Collections

Autonomy to alliance: Unpacking the motivations for library partnership

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 - by Brian Lavoie

Why collaborate? Here’s some evidence on why libraries band together to steward their collective print book collection.

Collaboration / Libraries Archives and Museums / Research Library Partnership / Research support

Timeless lessons on collaboration from OCLC Research

May 12, 2025May 19, 2025 - by Rebecca Bryant

Revisiting Beyond the Silos of the LAMS, a report that remains essential reading on library collaboration.

Collaboration / Library Futures / Library Management / Research Library Partnership / Research support

Moving the library beyond the library: Reflections on an RLP leadership roundtable

August 22, 2024September 6, 2024 - by Brian Lavoie

Moving the library beyond the library is an evolutionary, not revolutionary, process. But first steps can have impactful results.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Collaboration / Data Science / Research Data Management / Research Library Partnership / Research support

Building state-of-the-art library services through collaboration

June 26, 2024February 6, 2025 - by Rebecca Bryant

Research libraries are changing fast, requiring collaboration, adaptability, and responsibility. Hear what we learned from transcontinental discussions with librarians about the future of research libraries, facilitated by OCLC and LIBER.

Collaboration

Quilting together at OCLC

June 12, 2024July 9, 2025 - by Rebecca Bryant

OCLC quilters have collaboratively made a WorldCat-inspired quilt for the ALA quilt auction in San Diego.

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Collaboration / Library Futures / Research Library Partnership / Research support / Social Interoperability

The library beyond the library

June 5, 2024August 13, 2024 - by Brian Lavoie

Research libraries are developing new operational structures that extend library skills, expertise, services and roles “beyond the library” into the broader campus environment.

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Collaboration / Research Information Management / Research Library Partnership / Research support

Bibliotheken ondersteunen datagedreven besluitvorming

February 28, 2024February 27, 2024 - by Rebecca Bryant

Het OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) en LIBER (een vereniging van Europese onderzoeksbibliotheken) organiseerden op 7 februari 2024 een begeleide discussie over besluitvorming op basis van data.