the OCLC Research blog
Library leaders from RLP institutions share insights on navigating austerity and uncertainty, including effective planning, communications, morale-building strategies.
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Is open research a strategic priority for research libraries? For their parent institutions? Learn what we heard from library leaders in a recent RLP leadership roundtable.
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RLP leaders discuss how institutions are moving to more resource sensitive collecting practices in archives and special collections.
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Reflections from a roundtable discussion on the challenges research libraries face in resourcing and scaling research support services–and implications for library organizational structures.
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Reflections from a leadership discussion of recent changes in archives and special collections public services programs, including pandemic-era changes in serving researchers that have significantly altered user expectations.
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Key takeaways from a leadership discussion on advocacy and resourcing in archives and special collections, including strategies and advice.
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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 providing research support in collaboration with other campus units. Learn more from an RLP roundtable discussion.
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Research libraries are supporting research impact activities for both researchers and campus units. Learn more from an RLP roundtable discussion.
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Leaders in archives and special collections discuss building programs for born-digital materials, illuminating challenges, and the current state of work.
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