Welcome Ann McCranie, Director of Research Insights
We’re delighted to welcome Ann McCranie, PhD, who joins OCLC on June 8 as our new Director of Research Insights. Ann joins OCLC at an important moment as OCLC Research …
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Listening to library leaders: Surveys capture real-time perspectives shaping decisions across the field
Funding and resourcing, technology, staffing, community needs and expectations—the pace of change library leaders now need to navigate and lead their organizations through is nothing short of breathtaking. Trends that …
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OCLC Research: evolving for greater impact
OCLC Research is undergoing a strategic realignment to enhance its impact on the library community by expanding its research agenda, improving program alignment, and recruiting new leadership with expertise in AI, emerging technologies, and broad knowledge of the higher education sector.
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The Curious Case of Balanced/Equilateral Higher Education Institutions and Potential Implications for Academic Libraries
Our Institutional Directions Model of US Universities and Colleges, which we have developed as part of The University Futures, Library Futures project, offers a novel system of accounting for the …
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What’s in a Name? More Than Meets the Eye, or IPEDS: On the Religious Identity of US Colleges and Universities
In our development of the University Futures, Library Futures working model, we entertained the thought of incorporating a dimension that would distinguish between religious and secular US colleges and universities, and …
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Scaling Innovation in Higher Education: The University Innovation Alliance (UIA)
Colleges and universities have a long tradition of competing and collaborating with one another. Institutions compete for resources (enrollment, faculty and student talent, grant revenues, etc.) as well as reputation. …
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University Futures, Library Futures: a multi-dimensional model of US higher education institutions
Over the last several months, OCLC Research has been working to develop a framework for exploring emerging directions in US higher education, to better understand the institutional needs that academic …
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An increasing role for libraries in research information management
It’s no secret that the research ecosystem has been experiencing rapid change in recent years, driven by complex political, technological, and network influences. One component of this complicated environment is …
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Managing the Collective Collection: research libraries and legal deposit networks in the UK and Ireland
Brian Lavoie and I have just wrapped up a project examining the collective collection of a number of important research libraries in the UK and Ireland. The key findings from …
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