the OCLC Research blog
Library teams must adapt and “futureproof” in times of rapid change. Read about tested strategies that can help.
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The Montana State University Research Alliance establishes the library as a central hub for research support, boosting collaboration, visibility, and access to resources across campus.
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Moving the library beyond the library is an evolutionary, not revolutionary, process. But first steps can have impactful results.
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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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This is the fourth in a series of blog posts exploring the Open landscape and OCLC’s place within it. This post presents some reflections on library management systems and different …
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An OCLC Research travelogue with impressions from visits to libraries in the Netherlands (Rijksmuseum, Europeana, Utrecht university library, LIBER). The recurring message: the time has come to reinvent collaboration.
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This is the third in a series of blog posts exploring the Open landscape and OCLC’s place within it. This post describes the distinctive ‘membership good’ business model that underpins …
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This is the second in a series of blog posts exploring the vast terrain of ‘Open’ as it relates to libraries. The first post in this series provided a broad overview …
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This is the first in a series of blog posts exploring the evolving Open landscape, library roles and OCLC’s place within it. This post provides a general overview of Open, …
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The pandemic experience underscores that print collections still are highly valued, and will continue to have a significant role in library futures.
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