New Reports: "Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums. Part 3: Recommendations and Readings" and "Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Executive Summary"
This third report completes the Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums report series, and the executive summary provides a high-level overview of all three reports.
23 April 2011
Newly Published Report Highlights 2011 Work, Engagements of OCLC Research
This report presents our work in a new context and provides an overview of recent accomplishments.
18 April 2012
Registration for the 12th ACM/IEEE-Computer Society Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2012) is Now Open
OCLC Research has officially endorsed JCDL 2012.
10 April 2012
Shenghui Wang Named OCLC Research Scientist
OCLC Research is pleased to announce the appointment of Shenghui Wang, Ph.D., as a Research Scientist effective 1 May 2012. Dr. Wang will work from the OCLC European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters office in Leiden, Netherlands.
5 April 2012
VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) Transitions from OCLC Research Prototype to OCLC Service
OCLC will continue to make VIAF openly accessible and will also work to incorporate VIAF into various OCLC services.
4 April 2012
Behind the Research: Interview with OCLC Research Scientist Jean Godby Inaugurates new Series on OCLC Cooperative Blog
This series takes the opportunity to get to know a bit about the researchers themselves--what motivated them to get into the profession, what drives their curiosity, what inspires them.
4 April 2012
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Institutional Repositories Webinar Recording Now Available
This webinar provided SEO techniques for improving the indexing ratios of institutional repositories in Google Scholar.
2 April 2012
OCLC Research Seeks Wikipedian in Residence
This is a paid, three-month position in our San Mateo, California office that will begin in May or June 2012.
28 March 2012
OCLC Research Launches ArchiveGrid Blog
This blog provides a place to highlight new ArchiveGrid collections and contributors, talk about how the new ArchiveGrid system is being built, and note things of general interest with an archives twist.
27 March 2012
OCLC Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway to speak at Simmons College Visiting Scholars Program, Friday, 30 March 2012
Connaway will speak on a panel as part of the program "The Future of Reference."
23 March 2012
Lorcan Dempsey to Serve as Course Director for Ticer International Summer School 2012
The 15th edition of the Ticer Summer School on Digital Libraries will be held from 21-24 August in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
20 March 2012
"OCLC Research--Investing in Innovation in Europe" Article Published in Information Today Europe
The article provides an overview of how OCLC Research is expanding its role in Europe, which includes growing the OCLC Research Library Partnership and securing a better representation of European interests in the OCLC Research work agenda.
19 March 2012
G. Sayeed Choudhury Named Recipient of 2012 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library Technology
The award is given for research relevant to the development of information technologies, especially work which shows promise of having positive and substantive impact on any aspect(s) of the publication, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information, or the processes by which information and data is manipulated and managed.
13 March 2012
Issue 3 of OCLC Research Quarterly Highlights Now Available
This periodic bulletin gathers items from the previous quarter of work in OCLC Research, the OCLC Innovation Lab, and the OCLC Research Library Partnership.
12 March 2012
Registration Now Open for Libraries Rebound: Embracing Mission, Maximizing Impact
This event, exclusively for OCLC Research Library Partners, will take place 5-6 June 2012 in Philadelphia, PA.
12 March 2012
OCLC Research to Host TAI CHI Webinar on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Institutional Repositories
All are welcome to attend this free webinar to learn more about SEO techniques that can significantly improve the indexing ratios of institutional repositories in Google Scholar.
7 March 2012
Report by OCLC Post-doctoral Researcher Ixchel Faniel and U. Michigan Colleagues wins iConference Best Paper Award
The paper, "Managing Fixity and Fluidity in Data Repositories," was co-authored with University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) Professor Elizabeth Yakel and two doctoral students, Morgan Daniels and Kathleen Fear. Faniel is a former UMSI faculty member.
2 March 2012
Recording of Gary Marchionini's Distinguished Seminar Series Presentation, "Libraries as Read/Write Services," Now Available
Gary Marchionini, Dean and Cary C. Boshamer Professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, spoke at OCLC on 21 February 2012.
24 February 2012
"Increasing Access to Special Collections" Article Featured in LIBER Quarterly, Volume 21 (2012), No. 2
Written by Senior Program Officer Ricky Erway, the article distills recommendations from nine OCLC Research reports about digitization of and access to special collections.
24 February 2012
Downloadable Version of FAST Now Available
OCLC Research has made FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) available for bulk download, along with some minor improvements based on user feedback and routine updates. As with other FAST data, the bulk downloadable versions are available at no charge.
15 February 2012
Recording of Nancy K. Roderer's Distinguished Seminar Series Presentation, "From Books to Buildings to Information and Services," Now Available
Nancy K. Roderer, Director, Welch Medical Library; Director, Division of Health Services Informatics; and Professor, Schools of Medicine and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University spoke at OCLC on 16 January 2012.
14 February 2012
OCLC Research ArchiveGrid Discovery Service Now Includes NWDA Finding Aids
Descriptions of research materials that Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA) hosts for its members in NWDA finding aids are now available in ArchiveGrid, giving end users worldwide another access point to the Pacific Northwest's unique archival and manuscript collections.
13 February 2012
DIPIR project presentation at iConference in Toronto, Thursday, 9 February 2001, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Morgan Daniels, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan and member of the DIPIR research team, will present "Managing fixity and fluidity in data repositories."
6 February 2012
New Video: "Reconfiguring Library Boundaries"
In this 43-minute video, Lorcan Dempsey talks about how libraries are changing in the network environment, how they are organizing their services and how they are relating to other services in a Webscale world.
3 February 2012
Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and Museums Webinar for OCLC Research Library Partners, 9 March 2012 at 9 a.m. PST/12 Noon EST (UTC 17:00)
The recording of this webinar will be made freely available online and in iTunes.
3 February 2012
New Podcast: "The Power of Raised Expectations"
In this 21-minute interview, Senior Program Officer Roy Tennant talks with David Lankes, a professor and Dean's Scholar for the New Librarianship at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies, the director of the library science program for the school, and director of the Information Institute of Syracuse, about the power of raised expectations.
20 January 2012
OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series Presents, "Libraries as Read/Write Services," by Gary Marchionini on 21 February 2012
The public is invited to attend this free presentation in person or online.
18 January 2012
New Video: "Digital Visitors and Residents: What Motivates Engagement with the Digital Information Environment? An Update on Current Findings"
This 21-minute video features the latest results of this JISC-funded, collaborative pilot project between OCLC Research and the University of Oxford to investigate the theory of digital visitors and residents with students in the emerging educational stage, the time between late-stage secondary (high school) and the first year of college or university.
17 January 2012
New Report: "Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums. Part 2: Survey Analysis"
This report analyzes the results from a social metadata survey that focused on the motivations for creating a website, moderation policies, staffing and site management, technologies used, and criteria for assessing success.
16 January 2012
VIAF Show and Tell Webinar Recording Now Available
In this interactive webinar, five OCLC Research Library Partners demonstrated how they use VIAF.
12 January 2012
OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series Presents, "From Books and Buildings to Information and Services" with Nancy K. Roderer on 16 January 2012 at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio
The public is invited to attend this free presentation in person or online.
3 January 2012
Presentation Slides from OCLC Research Library Partnership Briefing and RLUK Meetings Now Available
Lorcan Dempsey, Jackie Dooley and Merrilee Proffitt gave presentations in London 24-25 November 2011.
16 December 2011
FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Released as Linked Data
FAST, an enumerative, faceted subject heading schema derived from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), is now available as an experimental Linked Data service and is made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
14 December 2011
Lynn Silipigni Connaway to Present Factors Shaping User Behavior in NFAIS Webinar, 19 December 2011 from 11:00am-12:30pm EST (UTC 16:00-17:30)
Attend this webinar to learn more about the time constraints and other factors that shape user information seeking behavior.
12 December 2011
Additional Tickets Now Available for Friday's Free Online Presentation About Visitors and Residents Project
Part of JISC's Developing Digital Literacies Program, OCLC Senior Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D., and David White, Co-manager, Technology Assisted Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford, will speak from 9:00-10:00 a.m. EST (UTC: 14:00-15:00) on Friday, 9 December 2011.
7 December 2011
Seeking Synchronicity Webinar Recording Now Available
In this webinar, Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist at OCLC, and Marie L. Radford, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Communication & Information, Rutgers U, discussed the key findings of their multi-year study that will inform future development and inspire effectiveness for virtual reference services.
30 November 2011
New OCLC Research Video, "Catching Up with ArchiveGrid"
Watch this four-minute video to learn more about the free beta version of the ArchiveGrid discovery service that is in development in OCLC Research.
29 November 2011
FAST Prototype Has New User Interface - Try It Out and Send Us Your Comments!
The new user interface simplifies the process of heading selection, in a one-page design.
18 November 2011
ArchiveGrid Webinar Recording Now Available
This webinar provided an overview of ArchiveGrid's history along with a demonstration of its new beta discovery system in development in OCLC Research.
18 November 2011
VIAF Show and Tell Webinar for OCLC Research Library Partners, 12 December 2011 at 9 a.m. PST/12 Noon EST (UTC: 1700)
The recording of this webinar will be made freely available online.
17 November 2011
New Briefing Paper: The Top 25 US Public Libraries' Collective Collection, as Represented in WorldCat
OCLC Research Scientist Brian Lavoie provides an overview for the National Digital Public Library conference.
16 November 2011
OCLC Post-Doctoral Researcher Ixchel Faniel, Ph.D. Will Present Poster on Reuse at Data Repositories at 7th IDCC Conference, 5-7 December, Bristol (UK)
The presentation is an output of the IMLS-funded DIPIR project led by Dr. Faniel and Dr. Elizabeth Yakel.
7 November 2011
OCLC Research Library Partnership Rapid Capture Webinar Recording Now Available
This webinar featured innovative ways to increase access to special collections.
15 November 2011
New Issue of OCLC Research Quarterly Highlights Now Available
This periodic bulletin gathers items from the previous quarter of work in OCLC Research, the OCLC Innovation Lab, and the OCLC Research Library Partnership.
11 November 2011
New OCLC Research Video, "Archival Collections Assessment"
This two-minute video on the OCLC Research YouTube Channel features senior program officer Merrilee Proffitt summarizing the recent OCLC Research report, "Taking Stock and Making Hay: Archival Collections Assessment."
9 November 2011
OCLC Research Scan and Deliver Webinar Recording Now Available
This webinar featured streamlined methods for scanning and delivering digital copies of special collections materials at the request of users.
8 November 2011
OCLC Research Library Partnership Vice President James Michalko to Present Keynote at 2011 University Library Symposium in Japan
The theme of the symposium is "The Future of Mass Digitization."
2 November 2011
Congratulations to Kenning Arlitsch and Colleagues on IMLS Support for the "Getting Found" Project
OCLC Research joins the University of Utah's J. Willard Marriott Library, the Digital Library Federation and Mountain West Digital Library as partners to explore search engine optimization for digital resources.
27 October 2011
OCLC Research to Host Seeking Synchronicity Webinar on 15 November 2011 at 2 PM EST (UTC 19:00)
Attend this webinar to learn about our research findings that will inform future development and inspire effectiveness for virtual reference services. Follow or tweet this webinar with #orss.
25 October 2011
Titia van der Werf Named OCLC Research Senior Program Officer
OCLC Research is pleased to announce the appointment of Titia van der Werf as Senior Program Officer, based in OCLC's Leiden office.
13 October 2011
OCLC Research TAI CHI Webinar Series Presents ArchiveGrid, 3 November 2011 at 10 a.m. PDT / 1 p.m. EDT (UTC 17:00)
This webinar will review the processes behind the growth of the new ArchiveGrid system and the goals to promote it both as a sought-after information resource and as a model for archival discovery practices. Follow or tweet this webinar with #archivegrid.
13 October 2011
New Article: "Publisher Names in Bibliographic Data: An Experimental Authority File and a Prototype Application" (LRTS)
The research project presented in this article by Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D., and Timothy J. Dickey, Ph.D., built an experimental database of authorized names for major publishers worldwide.
11 October 2011
IMLS Grant to "Cyber Synergy" Activity Further Supports Research on Virtual Reference Services (VRS)
OCLC Senior Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway joins Rutgers colleagues Marie L. Radford and Chirag Shah as co-principal investigators in a study of new models for collaborative and sustainable VRS.
07 October 2011
New OCLC Research Video: "The Value of the OCLC Research Library Partnership"
This six-minute video on the OCLC Research YouTube Channel features library thought leaders discussing the benefits of affiliation.
7 October 2011
OCLC Research to Host Rapid Capture in Special Collections and Archives Webinar on 27 October 2011 at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT (UTC 15:00)
OCLC Research Library Partners are invited to attend this webinar to learn innovative ways to increase access to special collections.
6 October 2011
"Well-intentioned Practice for Putting Digitized Collections of Unpublished Materials Online" Endorsed as a Standard by the Society of American Archivists
This practice provides the framework for an assertive approach to digitization of unpublished archival materials whose rights holders are often difficult to identify and contact.
3 October 2011
New Report: "Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums, Part 1: Site Reviews"
This report provides an overview of social metadata to enable cultural heritage institutions to better utilize their users' expertise and enrich their descriptive metadata to improve their users' experiences.
3 October 2011
New Report: "On Virtual Face-work: An Ethnography of Communication Approach to a Live Chat Reference Interaction"
This article reports on a project using an ethnography of communication approach and Erving Goffman's face-work concept to analyze a librarian user interaction.
30 September 2011
New Report, "Taking Stock and Making Hay: Archival Collections Assessment"
This report identifies projects and methodologies to make it easier for institutions of all types to undertake collections assessment and to encourage a community of practice.
26 September 2011
New Report and Related Data: OhioLINK-OCLC Collection and Circulation Analysis Project 2011
This report describes a collaborative project between OCLC and OhioLINK that examined circulation in academic libraries, and includes an overview of data publicly available from the activity.
21 September 2011
OCLC Research Staff to Present at InfoCamp, the ASIS&T Annual Meeting and Internet Librarian in October
Senior research scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway will present at InfoCamp and ASIS&T; senior program officer Roy Tennant will present at Internet Librarian.
19 September 2011
OCLC Research Library Partners Invited to Attend Orientation Webinars on 6 and 11 October 2011
These two additional webinars were scheduled to accommodate OCLC Research Library Partners in Europe who were on holiday in August.
16 September 2011
OCLC Research Library Partnership Orientation Webinar Recording Now Available
This webinar provided information to help new, returning and continuing OCLC Research Library Partners get the most out of their OCLC Research Library Partnership affiliation.
6 September 2011
OCLC Research Program Officer Dennis Massie to Speak at the 12th IFLA Interlending Document Supply Conference
Dennis will present the paper, "Interlending Trending: a Look Ahead from Atop the Data Pile," at noon on 21 September 2011 at the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago.
30 August 2011
New Report: "Single Search: The Quest for the Holy Grail"
This report highlights successful strategies in providing a single point of access to library, archive and museum collections.
22 August 2011
OCLC Research to Host Webinar About Scan and Deliver: Creative User-initiated Digitization in Special Collections and Archives on 22 September at 2 p.m. EDT (UTC 18:00)
Are you ready to say, "Yes, we scan!"? Attend this webinar to learn about streamlined methods for scanning and delivering digital copies of special collections materials at the request of users. Follow or tweet this webinar with #orscan.
18 August 2011
Deadline Approaches for LIS Faculty Research Grant Proposals
Electronically submitted proposals for the 2012 OCLC/ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grant Program are due by midnight Thursday, 15 September 2011.
8 August 2011
New Publication: OCLC Research Launches Quarterly Highlights
This periodic bulletin gathers items from the previous quarter of work in OCLC Research, the OCLC Innovation Lab, and the OCLC Research Library Partnership.
4 August 2011
New Article in Code4Lib Journal describes mapFAST: A FAST Geographic Authorities Mashup with Google Maps
mapFAST is a mashup that uses Google Maps to present a different way to look at subject access to bibliographic records.
28 July 2011
New Prototype: WorldCat Identities Network
The WorldCat Identities Network gives users the opportunity to visually explore the interconnectivity and relationships between WorldCat Identities.
28 July 2011
OCLC Research Library Partners Invited to Orientation Webinars on 11 and 16 August 2011
Both new and old OCLC Research Library Partners are encouraged to attend one of these webinars to find out how to get the most out of their OCLC Research Library Partnership affiliation.
27 July 2011
Recordings of Scott Walter's Distinguished Seminar Series Presentation, "The 'Service Turn' and the Future of the Academic Library," Now Available
Scott Walter, Associate University Librarian, Associate Dean of Libraries, and Professor of Library Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, spoke at OCLC on 16 June 2011.
27 July 2011
New Report: Seeking Synchronicity: Revelations and Recommendations for Virtual Reference
A rich resource for further exploration of Virtual Reference (VR) services, this report distills five years of research into a readable summary that includes valuable statistics, lists of references, additional readings, and specific recommendations for what libraries and librarians can do to move VR forward in local environments.
18 July 2011
OCLC Researcher and Other Staff Contribute to W3C Library Linked Data Draft Final Report and Other Linked Data Activities
OCLC Research Software Architect Jeff Young is an author/editor of the Relevant Technologies section of the draft final report of the Library Linked Data Incubator Group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which is available for review and comment.
7 July 2011
Congratulations Dan Cohen, 2011 Kilgour Award Winner!
Dan was one of the award winners OCLC recognized at its 27 June annual President's Luncheon at the 2011 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1 July 2011
OCLC Research and RLUK to Survey Special Collections and Archives Within the UK and Ireland
This joint project builds on a similar one conducted by OCLC Research in 2009 that gathered data about special collections in the United States and Canada.
30 June 2011
Four OCLC Research Staff to Present at 40th Annual LIBER Conference in Barcelona
Lorcan Dempsey, Jackie Dooley, Ricky Erway, and Jennifer Schaffner will make presentations on 29 June - 1 July; details below.
27 June 2011
FutureCast Meeting Outputs Now Available
View video recordings, presentation slides and archived tweets from this influential meeting online.
24 June 2011
New Report: "Supporting Research: Environments, Administration and Libraries"
This report synthesizes the results of two parallel studies of research support services in US and UK universities that OCLC Research and the UK's Research Information Network undertook last year.
23 June 2011
ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee Releases Environmental Scan 2010
OCLC Senior Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D., was vice-chair of the committee while it developed this report; she becomes chair for 2011-12, and will lead the group's work next year on the new Top Ten Trends in Academic Libraries.
20 June 2011
Two OCLC Researchers Serve ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee
Senior Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D., will chair the committee in 2011-12, and Senior Program Officer Merrilee Proffitt recently was appointed to the committee by ACRL leadership.
14 June 2011
New OCLC Research YouTube Video: "A Conversation with SAA VP/President-elect Jackie Dooley"
In this ten-minute video, OCLC Research program officer Jackie Dooley discusses her plans and aspirations as the upcoming Vice President/President-elect of the Society of American Archivists.
7 June 2011
New Report: "'If It Is Too Inconvenient, I'm Not Going After It:' Convenience as a Critical Factor in Information-seeking Behaviors"
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Timothy J. Dickey, and Marie L. Radford explore empirical evidence for convenience as a critical factor in information seeking, using data from two IMLS-funded user studies.
06 June 2011
OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series Presents, "The 'Service Turn' and the Future of the Academic Library," with Scott Walter on 16 June 2011 at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio
The public is invited to attend this free presentation in person or online.
31 May 2011
FAST Converter, a Web Interface for Converting LCSH Headings to FAST Headings, is now Available
This new prototype accepts either single headings or small sets of bibliographic records for conversion.
20 May 2011
Recording of Using CSS3 in Web Design Webinar Now Available Online and in iTunes
This webinar provided a detailed look at how CSS3 and its applications can enrich Web design.
13 May 2011
OCLC Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway Elected ALA Library Research Round Table Vice-chair/Chair-elect
Round Tables are membership groups within the American Library Association; the terms of office run from June 2011 through the 2013 Annual Conference.
09 May 2011
New Report: "Rapid Capture: Faster Throughput in Digitization of Special Collections"
This report provides examples of how to simplify and streamline digital capture of non-book collections.
03 May 2011
OCLC Research Program Officer Jackie Dooley Elected Vice President/President Elect of Society of American Archivists
Her one-year term as Vice President will begin in August, and she will serve as SAA's 68th President in 2012-2013.
2 May 2011
New Report, "Scan and Deliver: Managing User-initiated Digitization in Special Collections and Archives"
This report presents strategies for providing efficient and economical delivery of digital copies of materials in special collections.
14 April 2011
OCLC Research and the OCLC Developer Network to Host TAI CHI Webinar About Using CSS3 in Web Design on 26 April 2011 at 2:30 p.m. EDT (UTC 18:30)
Attend this webinar for a detailed look at how CSS3 and its applications can enrich Web design.
12 April 2011
Lynn Silipigni Connaway Collaborates with University of Oxford's David White in JISC-funded Pilot Study of Digital "Residents" and "Visitors" in "Transition" Education Stage
Part of a larger, three-year longitudinal project, the pilot study examines students in late-stage secondary ("high") school and the first year of college or university.
31 March 2011
Jane Greenberg and Todd Vision from UNC Chapel Hill to Present "The Dryad Repository: A New Path for Data Publication in Scholarly Communication" on 25 April at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio
The public is invited to attend this free OCLC Research presentation in person or online via WebEx.
24 March 2011
Recording of HTML5 and CSS3 Webinar Now Available Online and in iTunes
Held on 8 March, this webinar provided an overview of these two new Web development technologies that are revolutionizing the Web development and design worlds.
15 March 2011
OCLC Researcher Bruce Washburn Considers "Library Mobile Applications: What Counts as Success?" in SLA's Jan/Feb Information Outlook
Washburn takes a brief look at where things stand with mobile library apps, what success looks like and how to measure it, and where we may be in the overall lifecycle of the technology.
2 March 2011
Frederick G. Kilgour Award Recipient Named
for 2011
Dr. Daniel J. Cohen, associate
professor of history and art history at George Mason University and director of
the Center for History and New Media, is the winner of the Frederick G. Kilgour
Award for Research in Library and Information Technology for 2011.
1 March 2011
University of Cambridge and OCLC Research Collaborate on Open Metadata Project
OCLC Research and the University of Cambridge will jointly conduct a six-month, JISC-funded investigation into the value of making collection metadata openly available in a sustainable manner.
24 February 2011
OCLC Senior Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway to Speak at Te Puna Libraries Forum in New Zealand
Dr. Connaway will give a keynote address on changing user patterns for information discovery on Friday, 1 April at 9:15 a.m. NZDT (UTC 20:15).
16 February 2011
Triangle Research Libraries Network Publishes Intellectual Property Rights Strategy for Digitization Based on "Well-intentioned Practice" Document
This is the first formally published strategy for providing access to unpublished materials online based on an approach created by OCLC Research and the RLG Partnership.
15 February 2011
The OCLC Developer Network and OCLC Research to Host TAI CHI Webinar on HTML5 and CSS3, 8 March 2011 at 2:30 p.m. EST (UTC 19:30)
Attend this webinar to learn next-generation techniques using these two new Web development technologies that are revolutionizing the Web development and design worlds.
4 February 2011
OCLC and ALISE announce 2011 Research Grant Awards
OCLC Research and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) have awarded 2011 Library and Information Science Research Grants to Cristina Pattuelli of Pratt Institute, Chirag Shah of Rutgers University, and Bei Yu of Syracuse University.
2 February 2011
Demonstration Web Service for FAST Geographic Headings Now Available
The Web Service underlying the mapFAST map demo is now available for public use.
26 January 2011
New Report, "Cloud-sourcing Research Collections: Managing Print in the Mass-digitized Library Environment"
This report presents findings from a year-long study designed and executed by OCLC Research, the HathiTrust, New York University's Elmer Bobst Library, and the Research Collections Access & Preservation (ReCAP) consortium, with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
6 January 2011
Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Ronald R. Powell's Updated Research Methods Monograph Available from Libraries Unlimited and Other Outlets
Basic Research Methods for Librarians, Fifth Edition is a thoroughly updated introduction that covers the major issues involved in designing and conducting original research relevant to the fields of library and information science (LIS).
5 January 2011
OCLC Research and the RLG Partnership: A Five Year Overview of Accomplishments Now Available
This document highlights some of the accomplishments over the last five years that have had high impact or have changed the topography of the information landscape.
9 December 2010
Recording of OCLC Research TAI CHI Webinar on Merritt Now Available Online and in iTunes
Held on 18 November, this webinar provided an overview of Merritt, a new cost-effective curation repository service developed by the University of California Curation Center (UC3) at the California Digital Library (CDL) that empowers users to manage, archive, and share valuable digital content.
3 December 2010
OCLC Research Launches YouTube Channel
View "OCLC Research Shorts" produced by staff from the laboratories of OCLC Research that feature some of our current work or recent findings.
17 November 2010
Outputs Now Available from Yours, Mine, Ours: Leadership Through Collaboration Forum
OCLC Research and an RLG Partnership planning committee held this two-day event on strategies for effective collaboration in Washington, D.C., 20-21 September 2010.
12 November 2010
OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives Webinar Recording Now Available
Held on 28 October 2010, this webinar provided an overview of the recently published report, "Taking Our Pulse: The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives."
9 November 2010
Recordings of Johan Bollen's Distinguished Seminar Series Presentation, "Mobilizing Usage Data: Scholarly Metrics and Recommender Systems," Now Available
Johan Bollen, Associate Professor at the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing, and Principal Investigator of the MESUR project, spoke at OCLC on 22 October 2010.
9 November 2010
OCLC Research to Host TAI CHI Webinar on Merritt: A Micro-Services-based Curation Repository, 18 November 2010 at 2 p.m. EST (UTC 19:00)
Merritt is a new, cost-effective curation repository service developed by the University of California Curation Center (UC3) at the California Digital Library (CDL) that empowers users to manage, archive and share valuable digital content.
3 November 2010
New Report, "Taking Our Pulse: The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives"
This report provides the detailed findings from a 2009 OCLC Research survey of 275 institutions across the U.S. and Canada to determine norms across the community and to provide data to support decision making and priority setting.
27 October 2010
WorldCat Publisher Pages Prototype Provides Interactive Visual Representation of the Printed Output of Publishers in the WorldCat Database
This new OCLC Research prototype presents a page each for more than 1800 publishers from around the world.
25 October 2010
Recording of OCLC Research TAI CHI Webinar on BibApp Now Available Online and in iTunes
Held on 14 October 2010, this webinar provided an overview of BibApp, an open source software that matches researchers with their publication data and mines that data to see collaborations and to find experts in research areas.
21 October 2010
OCLC Research to Host Survey of Archives and Special Collections Webinar, 28 October at 2 p.m. EDT (UTC 18:00)
Attend this webinar to learn more about major outcomes of the forthcoming report, "Taking Our Pulse: The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives."
15 October 2010
OCLC Research Semi-Annual Highlights of Progress in Support of the RLG Partnership: April-September 2010 Now Available
This report summarizes the OCLC Research activities, meetings, events and publications produced over the last six months in support of the RLG Partnership.
8 October 2010
OCLC Research to Host TAI CHI Webinar on BibApp, 14 October 2010 at 2 p.m. EDT (UTC 18:00)
BibApp is an open source software that matches researchers on your campus with their publication data and mines that data to see collaborations and to find experts in research areas.
24 Septebmer 2010
New OCLC Research Podcast Available: "How Libraries License e-Content" with Dorothea Salo
In this interview, OCLC Research Senior Program Officer Roy Tennant talks with noted library author and "provocateur" Dorothea Salo about what keeps her awake at night: how libraies license e-content.
24 September 2010
OCLC Research September Webinar Recordings Available Online and in iTunes
Webinar recordings and slides of "Managing Collections in the Networked Environment: New Analytic Approaches" and "Global Book Publication: Books as an Expression of Global Cultural Diversity" are now available.
23 September 2010
OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series Presents, "Mobilizing Usage Data: Scholarly Metrics and Recommender Systems" with Johan Bollen on 22 October 2010 at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio
The public is invited to attend this free presentation in person or online.
22 September 2010
Blue Ribbon Task Force Included on Digital Preservation Award Shortlist
The Institute for Conservation and the Digital Preservation Coalition have announced the shortlist for the Digital Preservation Award 2010, which includes the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access, co-chaired by OCLC Research Scientist Brian Lavoie.
21 September 2010
View a Live Stream of "Yours, Mine, Ours: Leadership Through Collaboration" on Monday and Tuesday, 20-21 September
Watch the event live from the Smithsonian Institution to learn more about the benefits and challenges of collaboration within and across institutions.
20 September 2010
Above the Fold Celebrates Second Anniversary
It's been two years since OCLC Research launched this weekly current awareness newsletter, and its broad international readership from libraries, archives and museums continues to increase steadily.
3 September 2010
OCLC Research to Host "Managing Collections in the Networked Environment: New Analytic Approaches" Webinar on 9 September 2010 at 2 p.m. EDT (UTC 18:00)
Attend this free webinar to learn how staff from leading research institutions are putting aggregated library data to work in their daily operations.
26 August 2010
New Report, "Collaboration Contexts: Framing Local, Group and Global Solutions"
This short report provides the scaffolding for the agenda of the upcoming "Yours, Mine, Ours: Leadership Through Collaboration" forum (20-21 September 2010 at the Smithsonian Institution) that will explore local, group and global collaboration contexts in greater depth.
25 August 2010
OCLC Research to Host Global Books Webinar on 16 September 2010 at 12 p.m. EDT (UTC 16:00)
Join Post-Doctoral Researcher Timothy J. Dickey for an overview of an OCLC Research data mining project that looked at WorldCat data to reveal transnational patterns in literary publishing, the preservation of individual countries' literary heritage, and the cultural diversity present in the books.
24 August 2010
Recording of Brian Lavoie's LIBER Presentation Now Available
OCLC Research Scientist Brian Lavoie spoke about the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access and its final report, at the 2010 LIBER Annual Conference at Aarhus University in Denmark.
16 August 2010
FAST Guide Book and Map-based Demo Interface Now Available
A guide to principles and applications of the Faceted Application of Subject Terminology schema has just been published by Libraries Unlimited, and OCLC Research has released a demo prototype using a Google Maps interface to FAST Geographic authority records.
9 August 2010
Recordings of Paul Courant's Distinguished Seminar Series Presentation, "Economic Perspectives on Academic Libraries," Now Available
Paul Courant, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan, spoke at OCLC on 8 July 2010.
5 August 2010
Deadline Approaches for OCLC/ALISE LIS Faculty Research Grant Proposals
Electronically submitted proposals for the 2010 OCLC/ALISE Library & Information Science Research Grant Program are due by midnight Wednesday, 15 September 2010.
3 August 2010
Recordings of Recent OCLC Research Webinars Available Online and in iTunes
There are now 42 OCLC Research podcasts and webinars available on the OCLC Research Web site and in iTunes.
3 August 2010
Yours, Mine, Ours: Leadership Through Collaboration Forum to Be Streamed Live, 20-21 September
All are invited to attend in person or host a local viewing party and watch a live stream of this event to learn more about the benefits and challenges of collaboration within and across institutions.
30 July 2010
Video Interview: Brian Lavoie on the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access
OCLC Research Scientist Brian Lavoie recently visited JISC's Strategic Content Alliance and took a few minutes (7:37, actually) to speak about the Task Force and its work.
28 July 2010
2010 Annual RLG Partnership Meeting and Symposium Outputs Available Online
Slides, audio recordings and other outputs from these events are available on the meeting agenda pages of the OCLC Research Web site.
22 July 2010
Registration Now Open for Yours, Mine, Ours: Leadership Through Collaboration Forum, 20-21 September at the Smithsonian Institution
All RLG Partners, as well as representatives from other cultural heritage organizations, are cordially invited to attend this free event.
20 July 2010
Community Supports Practice of Making Unpublished Materials Available Online
This approach to balancing rights and access is intended to make it easier for cultural heritage institutions to provide access to unpublished materials online.
19 July 2010
OCLC Research to Host TAI CHI Webinar on OCLC Web Services, 15 July 2010 at 2 pm EDT (UTC 18:00)
Join OCLC developer network product manager Karen Coombs for an overview of OCLC Web services, including the WorldCat Search API, xISBN, WorldCat Registry and Identities, plus see a demonstration of real world applications of these Web services in libraries.
7 July 2010
OCLC Researcher Lynn Silipigni Connaway Interviewed in JISC Podcast About the Changing Ways People Look for Information
Connaway discusses her recent JISC-supported research, which brings together a number of different studies in the area, as well as how researchers "bounce" and "squirrel" and what that means for the library of the future.
6 July 2010
Paul Courant to Speak About Economic Perspectives on Academic Libraries, 8 July 2010 at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio
The public is invited to attend this free OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series presentation in person or online.
25 June 2010
New Report: "A Slice of Research Life: Information Support for Research in the United States"
Relationships between researchers and traditional library and university support for research have shifted radically; many of the services most valued by researchers are found not in the library but on the network.
16 June 2010
OCLC Research to Host RLG Partnership Update Webinar on 17 June at 2 pm EDT (UTC 18:00)
OCLC Research program officers and research scientists will give reports on relevant projects recently completed or underway.
14 June 2010
OCLC Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway and U. Sheffield (UK) researchers awarded funding to explore Library Catalog Recommender System
The collaborative project, which will be based on the requirements and preferences of users, has been funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.
14 June 2010
OCLC Research to Host TAI CHI Linked Data Part 2 Webinar on 1 July 2010 at 2 pm EDT (UTC: 18:00)
A recording of the first Linked Data webinar held on 27 May is available online.
7 June 2010
Economics of Sustaining Digital Information Webinar Recording Available Online and in iTunes
In this webinar, OCLC Research Scientist Brian Lavoie discusses the economic challenges of long-term digital preservation based on the work of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access, which he co-chaired.
4 June 2010
OCLC Research to Host TAI CHI Webinar on Linked Data, 27 May 2010 at 2 pm EDT (UTC: 18:00)
Linked Data is a hot topic. It provides a mechanism to expose library data in a way that is understandable to non-librarians, thereby facilitating community development of services that go beyond traditional library resources and creatively exploit library data in valuable new ways.
21 May 2010
Research Scientist Brian Lavoie co-authors JISC's Keeping Research Data Safe 2 Final Report
The report's authors are Neil Beagrie, Brian Lavoie and Matthew Woollard; with contributions by the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Southampton; the Archaeology Data Service, OCLC Research, UK Data Archive, and University of London Computer Center.
20 May 2010
OCLC Research Webinar Recordings Available Online and in iTunes
There are now a total of 37 OCLC Research podcasts and webinars available on the OCLC Research Web site and in iTunes.
19 May 2010
OCLC Research to Host Economics of Sustaining Digital Information Webinar on 20 May 2010
In this webinar, OCLC Research Scientist Brian Lavoie will talk about the economic challenges of long-term digital preservation, based on the work of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access, which he co-chaired.
18 May 2010
New Report, "Greening Interlibrary Loan Practices"
This report details the findings from an OCLC Research-sponsored study of the environmental impact of current interlibrary loan practices, as well as recommended practices for reducing the carbon footprint of resource sharing operations worldwide.
17 May 2010
OCLC Research to Host MissingMaterials.org Webinar on 11 May 2010
This free webinar will be held twice to accommodate attendees in different time zones; once at 10 am EDT (UTC 14:00) and again at 4 pm EDT (UTC 20:00).
7 May 2010
OCLC Research to Host Greening Interlibrary Loan Webinar on Thursday, 6 May at 2 pm EDT (UTC 18:00)
All who share an interest in reducing the environmental impact of interlibrary loan operations are invited to attend this free webinar.
3 May 2010
OCLC Research and RLG Partnership Highlights July 2009-March 2010 Now Available
This document features reports on OCLC Research projects and spotlights support of the RLG Partnership over the past nine months.
22 April 2010
Announcing Forthcoming Book on Principles and Application of FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology)
Written by U. Kentucky Professor Lois Mai Chan and OCLC Senior Research Scientist Edward T. O'Neill, this book provide examples of FAST-driven projects in a prototype designed to be used by experienced catalogers as well as novices.
22 April 2010
OCLC Research to Host TAI CHI Webinar on Mobile Development, 29 April at 2 pm EDT (UTC 18:00)
Join OCLC Research consulting software engineer Bruce Washburn for an update on the latest developments in mobile applications.
21 April 2010
Recent Reports: Analytical Reviews of Research Data About Digital Information Seekers, Virtual Research Environments and Digital Repository Projects
OCLC Senior Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D., and Post-Doctoral Researcher Timothy J. Dickey, Ph.D., have published two reports in the context of the JISC-funded project, "Towards a Profile of the Researcher of Today: What Can We Learn from JISC Projects?"
21 April 2010
RLG Partnership European Meeting Canceled Due to Travel Restrictions Caused by Icelandic Volcanic Ash
A cloud of volcanic ash drifting over much of Europe, caused by the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull, has resulted in travel restrictions that would prevent over half of the meeting's speakers and many of the registrants from attending who were traveling from afar.
19 April 2010
New OCLC Research report: Mapping ONIX to MARC, by Carol Jean Godby
This report presents an interpretation of a crosswalk from ONIX for Books 2.1 to MARC 21 developed by OCLC and made publicly available from the OCLC Web site and EDItEUR.
9 April 2010
Webcast Recordings Available from Blue Ribbon Task Force Symposium on Economics of Sustaining Digital Information
The symposium, "A National Conversation on the Economic Sustainability of Digital Information," was held in Washington, D.C. on 1 April 2010 and was webcast live.
8 April 2010
Attend a Live Webcast of the Blue Ribbon Task Force Symposium on Economics of Sustaining Digital Information, 1 April at 9 a.m. EDT
Presentations and discussions from "A National Conversation on the Economic Sustainability of Digital Information," a symposium hosted by the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access in Washington, D.C., will be webcast live for remote participants on Thursday, 1 April beginning at 9 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
30 March 2010
New Report, "Research Libraries, Risk and Systemic Change"
This report provides an overview of the most significant risks facing research libraries and suggests strategies to mitigate them.
25 March 2010
New publication in Code4Lib Journal: "Querying OCLC Web Services for Name, Subject, and ISBN," by Ya'aqov Ziso, Ralph LeVan, and Eric Lease Morgan
This article presents methods for using Web services to search names, subjects or ISBNs in various WorldCat databases, and display the results to users.
22 March 2010
Mellon-funded Museum Data Exchange activity reported in D-Lib
The Museum Data Exchange activity, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, brought together nine art museums and OCLC research to model data sharing in the museum community.
16 March 2010
New Report, "Implications of MARC Tag Usage on Library Metadata Practices"
This report presents the evidence gathered and analyzed by an RLG Partnership working group about MARC tag usage to inform library metadata practices, with a focus on machine applications.
13 March 2010
Lorcan Dempsey is NFAIS 2010 Miles Conrad Lecturer
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services has announced that Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President, Research, and Chief Strategist, OCLC, was presented with the Miles Conrad award at the NFAIS 52nd Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA).
5 March 2010
Now available: "Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-term Access to Digital Information"
The Final Report from the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access, co-chaired by OCLC Research Scientist Brian Lavoie.
2 March 2010
OCLC / ALISE Research Grant Awards for 2010
OCLC Research and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) have awarded 2010 Library and Information Science Research Grants to Louise Spiteri of Dalhousie University and Laurel Tarulli of Halifax Public Libraries; Hsin-liang Chen and Barbara Albee of Indiana University; and Besiki Stvilia and Corinne Jörgensen of Florida State University.
2 March 2010
New Report, "Over, Under, Around, and Through: Getting Around Barriers to EAD Implementation"
This report frames obstacles that archivists have experienced adopting Encoded Archival Description (EAD). It also suggests pathways to help archivists get out of the ruts, around the roadblocks and on the road to success.
26 Februrary 2010
New Report, '"Capture and Release": Digital Cameras in the Reading Room'
This report presents a core of suggested practices for allowing the use of digital cameras in special collections reading rooms.
23 February 2010
New Report, "Museum Data Exchange: Learning How to Share"
This report describes the outcomes of a project funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to further develop standards for museum data exchange.
11 February 2010
Michelle Alexopoulos to Present 4 February on Library Collections as Indicators of Economic Changes
The public is invited to attend this free presentation in person or remotely via WebEx; slides and audio will be available online afterward.
28 January 2010
New Report, "Research Assessment and the Role of the Library"
This report was written as a companion report to "A Comparative Review of Research Assessment Regimes in Five Countries and the Role of Libraries in the Research Assessment Process," a report commissioned by OCLC Research and produced by Key Perspectives Ltd, a UK library and scholarly publishing consultancy.
07 January 2010
New Report, "A Comparative Review of Research Assessment Regimes in Five Countries and the Role of Libraries in the Research Assessment Process"
This report examines the role of research libraries in research assessment regimes in five different countries and helps establish a new set of responsibilities that is emerging for research libraries.
17 December 2009
Webcast of Herbert Van de Sompel's Distinguished Seminar Series Presentation, "Memento: Time Travel for the Web," Now Available
Herbert Van de Sompel, Research Library Prototyping Team Lead at Los Alamos National Laboratory, spoke at OCLC on 19 November 2009.
02 December 2009
New Report, "Catalyzing Collaboration: Seven New York City Libraries"
This report provides a record of the collaboration discussions between seven institutions and includes the resulting interactions, methodology, content and recommendations.
01 December 2009
New Publication - Brian Lavoie and Lorcan Dempsey on Characteristics of Potentially In-copyright Print Books in Library Collections
This article, in the November/December issue of D-Lib Magazine, provides empirical context for the many discussions surrounding the digitization of in-copyright print books by examining the characteristics of US-published print books in the OCLC WorldCat database.
30 November 2009
OCLC Research to Host TAI CHI Omeka Webinar on 8 December at 1 p.m. EST (UTC-5 Hours)
Omeka is a free and open source collections-based, Web-based platform for scholars, librarians, archivists, museum professionals, educators and cultural enthusiasts.
17 November 2009
New Report, "Support for the Research Process: An Academic Library Manifesto"
This brief call-to-action document includes a list of ten action items for libraries in today's rapidly changing scholarly research landscape.
11 November 2009
OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series Presents, "Memento: Time Travel for the Web," with Herbert Van de Sompel on 19 November at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio
The public is invited to attend this free presentation in person or remotely online.
6 November 2009
Outputs Available from the CILIP Executive Briefing, "Beyond the Silos of the LAMs"
CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, teamed up with OCLC Research to hold the Executive Briefing, "Beyond the Silos of the LAMs" on 15 September 2009 in London.
22 October 2009
OCLC Research to Host EAC-CPF Webinar for the Pacific Rim on Wednesday, 4 November at 11:00 a.m. Sydney/Melbourne Time
This webinar is free and open to the general library and archives community.
21 October 2009
Webcast of Helene Blowers' Distinguished Seminar Series Presentation, "Finding the Phoenix: Feathers, Flight & the Future of Libraries," Now Available
Helene Blowers, Director of Digital Strategy, Columbus Metropolitan Library, spoke at OCLC on 9 October 2009.
16 October 2009
OCLC Research and The RIN Announce Joint Project on Research Support Services
This joint comparitive study will investigate information-related support services for researchers in the UK and US.
15 October 2009
Webcast of Anne R. Kenney's Distinguished Seminar Series Presentation, "Approaching an Entity Crisis: Reconceiving Research Libraries in a Multi-institutional Context," Now Available
Anne R. Kenney, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian at Cornell University, spoke at OCLC on 23 September 2009.
30 September 2009
OCLC Research Annual Highlights: Progress in Support of the RLG Partnership, July 2008-June 2009 Now Available
This report summarizes the activities, projects, publications, meetings and events produced over the last year in support of the RLG Partnership.
18 September 2009
Anne R. Kenney to Speak on Approaching an Entity Crisis: Reconceiving Research Libraries in a Multi-institutional Context, 23 September at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio
The public is invited to attend this free presentation in person or remotely online.
10 September 2009
Helene Blowers to Speak on Finding the Phoenix: Feathers, Flight and the Future of Libraries, 9 October at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio
The public is invited to attend this free presentation in person or remotely online.
21 August 2009
"Networking Names" Webinar Recording Now Available
In this webinar, members of the RLG Partnership Networking Names Advisory Group provide options for networking names, including highlights of requirements derived from fourteen use case scenarios for a "Cooperative Identities Hub" that would provide a framework to concatenate authoritative information and a gateway to all forms of names using a social networking model.
12 August 2009
Webcast of Paul Clough's Distinguished Seminar Series Presentation, "MultiMatch: Providing Multilingual/Multimedia Access to Cultural Heritage Content" Now Available
Paul Clough, Lecturer in Information Systems, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, spoke at OCLC on 23 July 2009.
10 August 2001
OCLC Research Announces Technical Advances for Innovation in Cultural Heritage Institutions (TAI CHI) Webinar Series
OCLC Research, on behalf of the RLG Partnership and under the management of Senior Program Officer Roy Tennant, is developing a series of webinars to teach library staff new technology skills and educate them about new products to help increase their productivity in today's changing library, archive and museum environment.
07 August 2009
OCLC Research Highlights of Projects in Support of the RLG Partnership: April-June 2009 Now Available
This report highlights the activity in support of the RLG Partnership, as well as the broad and energetic involvement of staff from RLG partner institutions, from April through June 2009.
07 August 2009
David Walker Wins Third OCLC Research Software Contest
Mr. Walker's winning submission is Bridge, a set of services to provide a configurable and customizable full record display made up of WorldCat services.
22 July 2009
Paul Clough to Speak on Multimatch: Providing Multilingual/Multimedia Access to Cultural Heritage Content, 23 July 2009 at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio
The public is invited to attend this free presentation in person or remotely online.
10 July 2009
Outputs from the 2009 RLG Partnership Annual Meeting and User Studies Symposium Now Available
Overviews, slides and recorded livecasts from this challenging and engaging meeting are available from the meeting agenda Web pages.
17 June 2009
OCLC Takes Final Steps to Transition Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
In March 2009 OCLC completed a series of activities to transfer assets and administrative activities to the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Limited (DCMI), a public, not-for-profit Company limited by Guarantee in Singapore.
12 June 2009
"Treasures on Trucks and Other Taboos: Rethinking the Sharing of Special Collections" Webinar Recording Available
In this webinar, Program Officers Jennifer Schaffner and Dennis Massie present background information on the often controversial topic of loaning archives and special collections materials.
05 June 2009
New Report: "The Metadata is the Interface: Better Description for Better Discovery of Archives and Special Collections"
This report synthesizes evidence from archival user studies and specifies what descriptive information is needed for research.
19 May 2009
New Podcast: The Hathi Trust and "The Silence of the Archive"
In this interview, Roy Tennant talks with John Price Wilkin, Executive Director, Hathi Trust and AUL for Library Information Technology, University of Michigan, about the recent accomplishments and future plans of the Hathi Trust, a shared digital repository of vast amounts of digital content.
06 May 2009
RLG Partnership Dues Reduction Announced
OCLC and the RLG Partnership Council have modified the current RLG Partnership dues tiers and costs to reflect a reduction in dues effective with the new partnership year that begins on 1 July, 2009.
01 May 2009
New Report: "Networking Names"
This report identifies the necessary components of a "Cooperative Identities Hub" that would address the problem space in the research community and have the most impact across different target audiences.
01 May 2009
OCLC Research highlights of progress in support of the RLG Partnership: January-March 2009 now available
Read this report that highlights the last three months of activity in support of the RLG Partnership as well as the broad and energetic involvement of staff from RLG partner institutions.
22 April 2009
Third OCLC Research Software Contest
OCLC Research is again sponsoring a software contest to encourage Web-based innovation for libraries, archives and museums.
13 April 2009
OCLC Research releases software suite to help museums exchange data
Made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the software was released as part of the OCLC Research Museum Data Exchange project.
10 April 2009
Webcast of Richard Ovenden's Distinguished Seminar Series Presentation, "Managing the Collective Collection: Local Challenges, Global Opportunities" Now Available
Richard Ovenden, Keeper of Special Collections and Associate Director, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, spoke at OCLC on 16 March 2009.
26 March 2009
OCLC Research sponsors JISC Conference 2009, 23-24 March at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre
OCLC and JISC share a history of connections and collaboration, as well as a common interest in making libraries and higher education institutions more effective through innovation and shared services.
11 March 2009
Richard Ovenden to speak on Managing the Collective Collection: Local Challenges, Global Opportunities, 16 March 2009 at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio
The public is invited to attend this free presentation in person or remotely online.
05 March 2009
Webcast of Tom Hickerson's Distinguished Seminar Series Presentation, "Convergence of Knowledge and Culture: Calgary's Design for the Future" Now Available
Tom Hickerson, Vice Provost of Libraries and Cultural Resources, and University Librarian at the University of Calgary, spoke at OCLC on 12 February 2009.
25 February 2009
OCLC and ALISE Award 2009 Library and Information Science Grants
OCLC Research and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) have awarded research grants to Kathryn La Barre and Carol Tilley (University of Illinois), Michael Khoo (Drexel), and Bill Kules (Catholic University of America).
24 February 2009
New Report: "RLG Partnership Shared Print Collections Working Group Shared Policy Review Report"
This report provides an overview of current practices in policy documentation for distributed print preservation initiatives and offers recommendations for institutions interested in entering into (or formalizing existing) collection sharing regimes.
19 February 2009
New Report: "What We've Learned from the RLG Partners Metadata Workflows Survey"
This report provides an interpretation of the results of an RLG Partnership survey about best practices in metadata creation workflows conducted in October-November 2008.
05 February 2009
Digital Repository Issues Task Force releases final report: The Research Library's Role in Digital Repository Services
OCLC Senior Research Scientist Brian Lavoie was a member of the ARL task force.
5 February 2009
New Report: "Impact of the Google Book Settlement on Libraries," by Ricky Erway.
Senior Program Officer Ricky Erway worked her way through 300+ pages of the Google Book Settlement Agreement, appendices and library-registry agreements, then summarized in this brief report the parts that she believes matter most to libraries.
04 February 2009
Tom Hickerson to speak on Convergence of Knowledge and Culture, 12 February 2009 at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio
The public is invited to attend this free presentation in person or remotely online.
30 January 2009
New Report: "Scholarly Information Practices in the Online Environment: Themes from the Literature and Implications for Library Service Development" by Carole L. Palmer, Lauren C. Teffeau and Carrie M. Pirmann.
This report provides an expert review of the burgeoning literature on disciplinary research behaviors, synthesizes findings from decades of research on scholarly information practices and identifies key implications for libraries.
23 January 2009
2008 OCLC/ALISE grant recipients to present research at 2009 ALISE Annual Conference
Rong Tang and Sheila Denn, Diane Kelly, and Youngok Choi will speak at the panel session, Friday, 23 January 2009, 10:30 - 12:00 MST, Denver, Colorado.
16 January 2009
New in First Monday: Lorcan Dempsey on the impact of mobile communications on libraries
"Always On: Libraries in a World of Permanent Connectivity." First Monday, 14,1 (5 January 2009).
9 January 2009
Highlights of Progress in Support of the RLG Partnership July-December 2008 Now Available
Read this six-month overview of accomplishments achieved in support of the RLG Partnership from July 1 through December 31, 2008, as well as a showcase of progress in four important areas of work and comments of the value and benefit derived by staff from RLG Partnership institutions.
18 December 2008
Blue Ribbon Task Force Reports on Economic Planning for Preservation of Digital Data
"Sustaining the Digital Investment: Issues and Challenges of Economically Sustainable Digital Preservation" calls the current situation urgent and details systemic pitfalls in developing economic models for sustainable access to digital data.
17 December 2008
"Supply and Demand: Special Collections and Digitisation" Article Featured in LIBER Quarterly
Written by Senior Program Officer Ricky Erway, the article is based on a presentation she gave at the July 2008 LIBER preconference at Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey.
12 December 2008
New Podcast Available: "Professional Pivot Point: Regaining Relevance in a Rapidly Changing World"
In this interview, Roy Tennant talks with Joe Janes, Associate Professor of the Information School at the University of Washington, about why he believes that we are at a professional crossroads.
11 December 2008
Seasons Greetings from OCLC Research and the RLG Partnership
Wherever you may be--North or South, tropical or temperate--all of us at OCLC Research and the RLG Partnership wish you the best for the holidays, including a few of our favorite things.
09 December 2008
Audio recordings of RLG Programs 2008 European Partner Meeting speakers' remarks now available
In addition to .pdf files of slides from the meeting, held 5-6 November in Paris, .mp3 files of speakers' remarks are now available on the RLG Programs 2008 European Partner Meeting event page.
02 December 2008
New Grace Agnew Podcast: "Beyond Brilliant Silos"
In this podcast, Grace Agnew, Associate University Librarian for Digital Library Systems at Rutgers University, talks with Merrilee Proffitt about why video content, data sets and open source are keeping her awake at night, plus why she believes you can never get away from rights management.
20 November 2008
RLG Programs 2008 European Partner Meeting outputs now available
Presentation files from the productive and cordial RLG Programs European Partner Meeting, held 5-6 November in Paris, are now available online.
14 November 2008
"WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry" webinar recording now available
In this webinar, Senior Program Officer Merrilee Proffitt and Content Manager Bill Carney provide background on the work that has been undertaken to contribute to the development of the WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry.
14 November 2008
Out-of-Print RLG Publications Now Available
Electronic files of several out-of-print books, reports and symposium proceedings published by RLG, Inc. from 1988 to 2003 are now available in the OCLC Corporate Library Collection housed in the OCLC Digital Archive.
04 November 2008
EAD@10 Symposium Proceedings Now Available
PowerPoint presentations and MP3 audio files from the symposium in August to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) are now available online.
23 October 2008
OCLC Researcher's Java OpenURL Package Enables Image Dissemination in djatoka
Developed by Jeff Young, OOMRef-J: the OpenURL Object Model - Reference Implementatoin (Java) can be configured to support any context-sensitive service within the confines of the OpenURL 1.0 protocol.
9 October 2008
New RLG Committee and RLG Program Council Compositions Confirmed
New members have been appointed to the RLG Committee of the OCLC Board of Trustees, and new members have been elected and/or appointed to the RLG Program Council, the principal advisory group for the RLG Partnership.
29 September 2008
New Report: "Beyond the Silos of the LAMs," by Diane Zorich, Gunter Waibel and Ricky Erway
Subtitled, "Collaboration Among Libraries, Archives and Museums," the report highlights lessons learned from five LAM workshops held at RLG partner institutions in the US and the UK, and contains information about inspiring collaborative projects in campus environments.
26 September 2008
New PARCast, "Picking Up the Pace: Considering the Implications of Accelerated Archival Processing," now available
Alice Schreyer, Assistant Director for Special Collections & Preservation and Director, Special Collections Research Center at the University of Chicago Library, talks with Merrilee Proffitt about how successfully increasing processing throughput impacts researchers, staff and space.
25 September 2008
New PARcast, "Research Libraries: the Viewpoint of a Scholar Poet," now available
Robert Crawford, Professor of Modern Scottish Literature at the University of St Andrews, and well-known poet, talks with John MacColl about scholarship, the importance of digitized archives and the inspiration his poetry derives from new technologies.
19 September 2008
Deadline approaches for LIS faculty research grant proposals
Electronically submitted proposals for the 2009 OCLC/ALISE Library & Information Science Research Grant Program are due by midnight Monday September 15, 2008.
12 September 2008
New PARcast: "Using the WorldCat Search API" webinar recording now available
In this webinar, Senior Program Officer Roy Tennant and Consulting Software Engineer Bruce Washburn provide an overview of WorldCat Search API features.
10 September 2008
New PARcast: Special Collections and Beyond
Richard Ovenden, Associate Director and Keeper of Special Collections at Bodleian Library in Oxford, talks with John MacColl about the three main areas of his responsibility.
05 September 2008
OCLC Programs and Research launches Above the Fold weekly current awareness electronic newsletter
This new serial publication seeks to bring attention to items of interest from beyond our normal reading sphere.
03 September 2008
New PARcast: Assessing the Impact of Special Collections webinar now available
In this webinar, RLG Program Officers Merrilee Proffitt and Jennifer Schaffner discuss usage statistics and the spectrum of possibilities for measuring the use and impact of special collections in libraries, archives and museums.
02 September 2008
New PARcast: Electronic Records: The Archivist's 600-Pound Gorilla podcast with Jackie Dooley
Jackie Dooley, Head of Special Collections and Archives at University of California, Irvine and OCLC Programs and Research Consulting Archivist, talks with Merrilee Proffitt about the challenges of digital preservation, as well as some current efforts to that illustrate progress.
28 August 2008
Jackie Dooley Joins OCLC Programs and Research Staff as Consulting Archivist
Ms. Dooley is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of archives, visual materials, special collections and archival standards.
28 August 2008
Annual Highlights of the RLG Partnership and OCLC Programs and Research Now Available
Read this overview of significant initiatives undertaken from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
12 August 2008
RLG Programs at SAA; EAD@10 Event FREE for RLG Partners
RLG Partners are invited to attend the RLG Programs Roundtable and other events at the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting August 26-30 in San Francisco, as well as receive free registration for the EAD @ 10 event on August 31.
04 August 2008
OCLC Research Launches Crosswalk Web Service Demo
Developers who need to translate metadata now have access to a new demonstration service.
28 July 2008
New Report: The Impact of Digitizing Special Collections on Teaching and Scholarship, by Merrilee Proffitt and Jennifer Schaffner
Subtitled, "Reflections on a Symposium about Digitization and the Humanities," the report consists of an overview and interpretation of perspecives provided at the RLG Programs symposium that was held in Philadelphia at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on 4 June 2008.
18 July 2008
New PARcast Available: The Cost of Owning Technology podcast with Ken Hamma
Ken Hamma, Executive Director for Digital Policy and Initiatives at the J. Paul Getty Trust, talks with Gunter Waibel about how owning technology requires significant ongoing investment, but various options exist that can bring down costs and lead to a more collaborative future.
7 July 2008
New PARcast: Strategically Embracing Technology podcast with MacKenzie Smith
MacKenzie Smith, Associate Director for Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries, talks with Merrilee Proffitt about shifting resources to develop and implement new services.
3 July 2008
New PARcast: Access Improvement podcast with Dennis Meissner
Dennis Meissner, Head of Collections Management at the Minnesota Historical Society, talks with Merrilee Proffitt about how to invest resources wisely to best serve audience needs, as well as the importance of self-study.
1 July 2008
OCLC partners with U. Michigan School of Information to Host IMLS-funded Student Interns in Digital Curation and Preservation Administration
The three-year project supports summer internships for master's-level students and curriculum development to encourage the ongoing exchange between real-world practice and the classroom.
23 June 2008
RLG Programs releases "Seeking Sustainability," a casual report on RLG's exploration of ways to make access to digitized special collections self-supporting
The report, which is available in PDF from the OCLC Web site, was prepared by RLG Program Officer Ricky Erway.
10 June 2008
Carole Palmer to speak on Research Practice and Research Libraries, 19 June 2008 at OCLC Dublin (Ohio)
Carole L. Palmer is Associate Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and Director, Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
10 June 2008
The PREMIS Editorial Committee has released the PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata, version 2.0
Together with its supportging documentation, the PREMIS Data Dictionary provides a comprehensive, practical resource for implementing preservation metadata in digital archiving systems.
9 April 2008
Jennifer Bowen and David Lindahl to speak about University of Rochester's eXtensible Catalog (XC) on 22 April at OCLC Dublin, Ohio (USA)
The XC is a suite of open-source applications that will provide libraries with an alternative way to reveal their collections to users.
7 April 2008
Researchers will do online presentation on importance of face-to-face reference skills in the virtual reference (VR) environment
Lynn Silipigni Connaway (OCLC) and Marie L. Radford (Rutgers) will present results from their IMLS-funded Seeking Synchronicity project in an online session at 2 p.m. EDT on 16 April 2008.
4 April 2008
OCLC Programs and Research Offers Online PARcasts
The first (and second) in a new series of podcasts and webinars from Programs and Research staff is now available on the OCLC Web site.
24 March 2008
OCLC Programs and Research sponsors JISC Conference 2008, 15 April at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, England
The two organizations share a history of connections and collaboration, as well as interest in topics related to the conference theme of "Enabling Innovation."
14 March 2008
OCLC and ALISE Announce 2008 Research Grant Award Recipients
OCLC Programs and Research and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) announce research grant awards to Youngok Choi, of the Catholic University of America; Diane Kelly, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Rong Tang and Sheila Denn, of Simmons College.
31 January 2008
Brian Lavoie and Fran Berman to co-Chair NSF Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access.
The group will develop actionable recommendations for the economic sustainability of preservation and persistent access to digital information for future generations.
22 February 2008
Happy Holidays from OCLC Programs and Research!
We've developed a little prototype for your holiday enjoyment.
12 December 2007
Deadline approaches for faculty research grant proposals
Proposals for the 2008 OCLC/ALISE Library & Information Science Research Grant Program are due September 17, 2007.
September 10, 2007
OCLC to work with Zepheira to redesign OCLC’s Persistent URL service
OCLC and Zepheira announced today that they will work together to rearchitect OCLC’s Persistent URL (PURL) service to more effectively support the management of resources in today’s dynamic Web environment.
11 July 2007
OCLC Research Technical Intern wins Student Writing Award
Timothy J. Dickey has won the 2007 LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award, which will be presented on Sunday, 24 June, at the LITA Awards Reception at the ALA National Conference.
June 15, 2006
OCLC Researchers Collaborate on Global Resources Network Report on Changes in Global Collection Patterns in ARL Libraries
Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Edward T. O'Neill joined Mary E. Jackson (Auto-Graphics, Inc.) and Eudora Loh (UCLA) to prepare the report, which analyzes Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member library cataloging data in the OCLC WorldCat database.
26 March 2007
Trustworthy Repositories Audit and Certification Checklist is Published
The Center for Research Libraries and RLG Programs (a unit of the OCLC Programs and Research division) announce the publication of Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification: Criteria and Checklist.
8 March 2007
xISBN Prototype Service Transitions to Production Environment
The OCLC Research xISBN service moved from prototype to a production environment last week.
19 February 2007
Dr. Ana Alice Baptista (U. Minho, Portugal) to speak at OCLC Dublin, Ohio (USA), on Tools for NextGen Scholarly Communication
Dr. Baptista will describe work underway at the university, including CRiB, a project to assist cultural heritage institutions with certain types of digital preservation, several add-ons to DSpace, and two projects related to social tagging.
19 January 2007
2007 Library and Information Science Grant Awards
OCLC Programs and Research and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) announce recipients of grants supporting Melissa Gross and Don Latham of Florida State University and M. Asim Qayyum, Carlos A. Suarez Balseiro, and Tania Garcia-Ramos of the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras.
16 January 2007
PREMIS Editorial Committee releases study on rights information in the PREMIS data dictionary
The report, "Rights in the PREMIS Data Model," was written by Karen Coyle and commissioned by the Library of Congress' Network Development and MARC Standards Office as part of the PREMIS maintenance activity.
15 January 2007
Victoria Reich and David Rosenthal to speak on LOCKSS and CLOCKSS
On Tuesday, 9 January, Victoria Reich and David Rosenthal will present "Collaboration for E-journal Preservation: The LOCKSS Program & the CLOCKSS Initiative" at OCLC Dublin, Ohio (USA).
January 5, 2007
Michael Keller to Speak on Possible Effects of Google's Mass Digitization Efforts
Stanford University Librarian Michael A. Keller will speak Monday, 8 January, at OCLC Dublin, Ohio (USA), on Mass Digitization in the Google Book Search program and its possible effects on scholarship.
January 4, 2007
RLG DigiNews
The December issue of RLG DigiNews (Volume 10, Number 6) is now available.
December 18, 2006
New Volume Explores Content and Context Offered by Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
"Moving beyond the Presentation Layer: Content and Context in the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System," has been published as Volume 42, no. 3-4 (2006) of Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, and separately as a monograph.
December 20, 2006
Chris Rusbridge's 26 October Presentation at OCLC Now Available Online
Rusbridge, Director of the Digital Curation Centre at the University of Edinburgh (Scotland), presented "'To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow:' the players on the curation stage," as part of the OCLC Distinguished Seminar Series.
November 20, 2006
Marshall Breeding to Speak on Trends in Library Automation, 29 November at OCLC, Dublin, Ohio (USA)
Director for Innovative Technologies and Research at Vanderbilt University's Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Breeding will present "Trends in Library Automation: Meeting the challenges of a new generation of library users" as part of the Distinguished Seminar Series.
November 14, 2006
Chris Rusbridge Discusses Increasing Challenge of Digital Curation, Who's Responsible: 26 October, OCLC, Dublin, Ohio (USA)
Chris Rusbridge, Director of the Digital Curation Centre at the University of Edinburgh (Scotland), will present "'To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow:' the players on the curation stage," as part of the OCLC Distinguished Seminar Series.
October 19, 2006
Ross Singer of Georgia Tech Wins Second OCLC Research Software Contest
Ross Singer has won the Second OCLC Research Software Contest with Umlaut, an OpenURL Link Resolver intended to improve access to library collections by contextualizing citations and available holdings more accurately for a given user.
September 28, 2006
PREMIS Data Dictionary Wins 2006 Society of American Archivists' Preservation Publication Award
The report was recognized "for writing of superior excellence and usefulness, which advances the theory or practice of preservation in archival institutions."
August 25, 2006
RLG DigiNews
The August 2006 issue of RLG DigiNews is now available
August 24, 2006
PREMIS Forms New Editorial Committee
Ten individuals have been selected for their expertise in preservation metadata, representation of wide interests, and role in implementing PREMIS.
August 24, 2006
Second OCLC Research Software Contest now open, deadline for entries is 15 September
OCLC Research once again is sponsoring a contest that provides an opportunity to create innovative software for library services.
July 6, 2006
ALA Conference presentations by OCLC Researchers now available
Five presentations made by OCLC Researchers and their colleagues at last month's ALA meeting in New Orleans are now available for viewing.
July 3, 2006
Three OCLC Researchers will present at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans
OCLC Researchers Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Thom Hickey, and Ed O'Neill will report on selected projects on Saturday, 24 June.
June 23, 2006
Lynn Silipigni Connaway's NASIG presentation on the hows and whys of meeting user needs is available for downloading
"Mountains, Valleys, and Pathways: Serials Users' Needs and Steps to Meet Them," is now available on the OCLC Research Web site.
June 23, 2006
Thom Hickey discusses OCLC Research, projects, technology, and licensing with Educause's Matt Pasiewicz
In a 23-minute interview, OCLC's chief scientist covers such topics as OCLC's Open Source Software offerings and licenses, FRBR and other projects, grid computing and Ajax.
May 25, 2006
FAST at ALA
The ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans will include a FAST program on Saturday at 1:30.
May 9, 2006
Lynn Silipigni Connaway will speak at the NASIG Conference to be held in Denver on May 5 and 7.
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D., will discuss the hows and whys of meeting user needs in her presentation entitled, "Mountains, Valleys, and Pathways: Serials Users' Needs and Steps to Meet Them," at the NASIG Conference in Denver.
May 1, 2006
LITA names Ching-chih Chen winner of the 2006 Kilgour Award
Ching-chih Chen, professor at Simmons College, is the winner of the Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology for 2006.
April 21, 2006
New OCLC Research prototype assesses likely audience for resources in WorldCat, the world's largest catalog of library resources
The Audience Level prototype uses library holdings data in WorldCat to calculate audience levels for resources represented in the database.
March 24, 2006
Ariadne is ten
Ariadne, the Web magazine for information professionals in archives, libraries and museums, has published its tenth-anniversary issue.
February 17, 2006
OCLC Researchers discuss importance of data mining, highlight recent work
Brian Lavoie, Lorcan Dempsey and Lynn Silipigni Connaway examine opportunities for libraries to make their data work harder and report on current OCLC Research data mining projects, in Library Journal.
February 3, 2006
PREMIS Maintenance Activity advances work begun by joint OCLC-RLG working group
Following publication of the award-winning PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata in May 2005, the PREMIS Maintenance Activity, with financial support provided by the Library of Congress, has commissioned two consultancies to move the PREMIS work forward.
January 26, 2006
Stu Weibel in residence at U. Washington's iSchool
OCLC Researcher Stuart Weibel will be in residence at the University of Washington Information School throughout calendar 2006. Among several objectives for the year, Stu will write on the topic of persistent identifiers.
January 9, 2006
OCLC and ALISE announce 2006 research grant award recipients
OCLC Research and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) awarded research grants to Lokman Meho with Kiduk Yang (Indiana), Joyce Kanini Mbwesa with Julius Mburi (Nairobi), Jeffrey Pomerantz (North Carolina), and Louise Spiteri (Dalhousie).
December 21, 2005
PREMIS, A Joint OCLC-RLG Working Group, wins 2005 Digital Preservation Award
Sponsored by the Digital Preservation Coalition, the award recognises new initiatives in digital preservation.
November 23, 2005
OCLC Research updates its popular list of the top 1000 works held by libraries
OCLC Research has updated its "OCLC Top 1000" web site, which lists the works most widely held by OCLC member libraries around the world.
October 12, 2005
OCLC and Rutgers will study virtual reference services with support from IMLS grant.
OCLC and the Rutgers University School of Communication, Information and Library Studies are the recipients of a $684,996 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to study virtual reference services (VRS).
October 12, 2005
DeweyBrowser deployed over two new collections
The DeweyBrowser has been deployed over two new collections of resources.
October 6, 2005
Lavoie, Connaway, and Dempsey use OCLC's WorldCat to shed light on library print book collections, including the 'G5'
Lavoie, Brian, Lynn Silipigni Connaway, and Lorcan Dempsey. 2005. "Anatomy of Aggregate Collections: The Example of Google Print for Libraries." D-Lib Magazine, 11,9 (September).
September 30, 2005
Lorcan Dempsey and Brian Lavoie report progress on behalf of DLF Service Framework Working Group
DLF Service Framework for Digital Libraries: A progress report for the DLF Steering Committee, 17 May 2005.
September 13, 2005
DeweyBrowser provides visual interface to Dewey-organized collections
The OCLC Research DeweyBrowser prototype allows users to search and browse collections of library resources organized by the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC).
July 29, 2005
Recent publications by OCLC Researchers
Stu Weibel reflects on a decade of work with Dublin Core; Lorcan Dempsey and colleagues consider metadata management and knowledge organization.
July 22, 2005
OCLC Research releases Open Source OpenURL 1.0 software
The OCLC OpenURL 1.0 distributions provide OpenURL 1.0 resolution capability.
July 12, 2005
Dazhi Jiao of Bloomington, Indiana (USA) wins OCLC Research Software Contest
Dazhi (David) Jiao has won the OCLC Research Software Contest with a submission consisting of an OPAC that includes a ranked list of harvested citations when a detailed bibliographic record is displayed.
June 22, 2005
New OCLC Research projects: Curiouser, Data Mining, and WikiD (nee MetaWiki)
Descriptions of three new projects are available on the OCLC Research web site.
June 20, 2005
Bill Moen is 2005 OCLC/LITA Kilgour Award Winner
William E. Moen of the University of North Texas is the winner of the Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology for 2005.
June 3, 2005
PREMIS Working Group Publishes Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata; final product of consensus-building effort jointly sponsored by OCLC and RLG
OCLC and RLG are pleased to announce the release of a comprehensive guide to core metadata for supporting the long-term preservation of digital materials.
May 20, 2005
Outgoing: Thom Hickey's blog on library metadata techniques and trends
Thom is OCLC's Chief Scientist.
April 29, 2005
Recent publications of OCLC Researchers
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Brian Lavoie, Ed O'Neill, and Clifton Snyder have recently published articles on data mining and physical space.
April 20, 2005
Road Trips: Recent Presentations by OCLC Researchers
Brian Lavoie, Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ed O'Neill, Thom Hickey, and Lorcan Dempsey have been on the road this spring, speaking on WorldCat data mining, a systemwide view of library collections, information management, and the roles of metadata in managing digital assets.
April 18, 2005
Ten Years of Dublin Core
Dublin Core celebrates its tenth anniversary this month.
March 25, 2005
Visible value: The OCLC Research Publications Repository (D-Lib Magazine)
OCLC Research authors Shirley Hyatt and Jeff Young report how they used a variety of available technologies to create a simple repository that maximizes the visibility, usage, and impact of their group’s research output.
March 15, 2005
Liverpool's Sanderson joins Young and LeVan of OCLC, on SRW/U with OAI in February D-Lib Magazine
Sanderson, Robert, Jeffrey Young, and Ralph LeVan. 2005. "SRW/U with OAI; Expected and Unexpected Synergies." D-Lib Magazine, 11,2 (February)
February 18, 2005
Priscilla Caplan to speak February 16 about Digital Preservation, its Challenges and Opportunities, at OCLC Dublin (Ohio)
Pricilla Caplan, Assistant Director for Digital Library Services, Florida Center for Library Automation, will present "Preservation Rumination: Digital Preservation and the Unfamiliar Future" as part of the OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series.
January 31, 2005
OCLC Research Sponsors Software Contest to Encourage Innovation
OCLC Research today announced a contest intended to give developers an opportunity to create innovative software for library services.
January 27, 2005
OCLC and ALISE announce 2005 research grant award recipients
OCLC Research and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) have awarded research grants to Shawne Miksa (North Texas); Jun Wang (Peking), in collaboration with Hong Xu (Pittsburgh); and Peiling Wang (Tennessee).
January 14, 2005
Paper: A Repository of Metadata Crosswalks (D-Lib Magazine)
OCLC Researchers Carol Jean Godby, Jeffrey A. Young, and Eric Childress propose a model for metadata crosswalks encoded as METS records available to a repository for processing by external services.
December 23, 2004
DC-2005 Conference will take place September 12-15 in Madrid (Spain)
The International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2005 will be held at the University Carlos III of Madrid, Leganes campus.
December 21, 2004
Lynn Silipigni Connaway joins Ronald R. Powell to revise and reorganize research methods monograph just released by Libraries Unlimited
Basic Research Methods for Librarians, 4th edition, is addressed to the practicing librarian and other information professionals who need to conduct research and publish.
December 6, 2004
Gregory M. Shreve's Software Localization presentation and related files now available
Gregory Shreve is Chair of Modern and Classical Language Studies at Kent State University and Director of the Institute for Applied Linguistics, the foremost university-based translator training program in the U.S.
December 17, 2004
Top 1000 Library Books identified by OCLC Research
The new OCLC Top 1000 web site lists the works most widely held by libraries, with sublists, a readers' poll, sample cover art, "Find in a Library" links, comparisons to other lists, and a download file.
November 12, 2004
Read OCLC Research Scientist Carol Jean Godby on Application Profiles and LOM, in Ariadne
Godby assesses the customised subsets of metadata elements that have been defined by 35 projects using the LOM standard to describe e-learning resources, in "What Do Application Profiles Reveal about the Learning Object Metadata Standard?"
November 1, 2004
Lorcan Dempsey's weblog now available from OCLC Research Web site
Lorcan Dempsey is Vice President, OCLC Research. His weblog treats libraries, services and networks.
October 29, 2004
FictionFinder Improved!
Enhancements, including more than 70,000 records for audio recordings for fiction works have been made to the OCLC Research FictionFinder prototype.
October 29, 2004
Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Heather Wicht's Charleston Conference presentation on Collection Analysis available
This presentation, "Collection Analysis with Circulation, ILL and Collection Statistics: A Follow-up Presentation," reports on a research project between OCLC Research and the University of Colorado-Boulder and builds on a session at the 2003 conference.
November 16, 2004
Lorcan Dempsey discusses "Three Stages of Library Search" in Update Magazine Guest Column
The article appears in the November 2004 issue of Library + Information Update, the editorially independent magazine of CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (UK).
October 20, 2004
International Working Group Releases Preservation Survey Report
PREMIS, an international working group jointly sponsored by OCLC and RLG, has released "Implementing Preservation Repositories For Digital Materials: Current Practice And Emerging Trends In The Cultural Heritage Community."
October 1, 2004
Portals article inaugurates Lorcan Dempsey's column on digital libraries, in Update magazine
The article, "Pick up a Portal," appears in the October issue of Library + Information Update, currently available online.
September 21, 2004
Paul Conway's DSS presentation files available
An mp3 recording and pdf file of Paul Conway's October 7 presentation on institutional repositories are now available.
October 12, 2004
Blue Ribbon Panel to strategize NISO's future
Eleven experts from industry, academia, and the library community will evaluate the progress, challenges, and opportunities of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO).
September 16, 2003
OCLC Research implements publications repository; architecture incorporates lightweight standards-based components
Built with OCLC services, the OCLC Research Publications Repository contains works produced by, or sponsored by OCLC Research.
September 1, 2004
MLA and JISC in the UK join DCMI Affiliate Program
The DCMI Directorate has announced that the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the further and higher education funding bodies in the UK have signed an Affiliate Agreement with the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) enabling the UK to become formally involved in the continued development of the Dublin Core metadata standards.
August 26, 2004
Registration now open for ECDL 2004 in Bath (UK)
The European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL) is the major European forum on digital libraries and related issues.
August 18, 2004
Thirteen Ways of Looking at...Digital Preservation
This article, written by Brian Lavoie and Lorcan Dempsey, appears in the July/August issue of D-Lib Magazine.
July 23, 2004
Register now for DC-2004 Conference in Shanghai
Early Bird registration rates in effect until August 31, 2004.
July 23, 2004
Grants deadline approaches for LIS faculty
Proposals for the 2005 OCLC/ALISE Library & Information Science Research Grant Program are due September 15, 2004.
July 23, 2004
"Interoperability between Library Information Services and Learning Environments - Bridging the Gaps" report now published
The final version of the joint white paper written on behalf of the IMS Global Learning Consortium and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) on interoperability issues between library information environments and e-learning environments is now available.
June 10, 2004
ALCTS Presidential Citation awarded to "Pattern Recognition," the 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan
Cathy De Rosa, Lorcan Dempsey and Alane Wilson have been awarded the Presidential Citation of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services for "Pattern Recognition," the 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan.
June 8, 2004
Stu Weibel to speak at ERPANET Seminar on Persistent Identifiers
Stu Weibel will give an overview of the Persistent Uniform Resource Locator (PURL) at the ERPANET Seminar on Persistent Identifiers, June 17-18, 2004, University College Cork (Ireland)
June 5, 2004
Communications from OCLC Research
Recent communications by OCLC Researchers include an article on metadata as a worldwide library effort and two presentations on digital preservation by Brian Lavoie.
June 4, 2004
OCLC Researchers report on recent work
Recent presentations and a paper available from the OCLC Research Web site treat the topics of interoperability, metadata crosswalk repositories, issues facing libraries and economically sustainable preservation.
May 28, 2004
NISO Metadata workshop proceedings available; opening presentation by Lorcan Dempsey
Proceedings of the NISO Workshop, Metadata Practices on the Cutting Edge, 20 May 2004, Washington, DC (USA) are now available online.
May 27, 2004
Jim Gray's DSS presentation and audio file now available
Jim Gray's presentation provides an overview of his work with the World-Wide Telescope effort from the perspective of a digital library, focusing on metadata, schema, curation, and preservation issues.
May 20, 2004
Audio and slide files now available for Blaise Cronin's April 29 presentation on scholarly publication
Blaise Cronin discusses the culture of scholarly communication and its likely impact on various modes of publication as part of the OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series.
May 3, 2004
Recent publications of OCLC Researchers
Two articles by OCLC Researchers have been published recently.
April 15, 2004
OCLC Research will harvest DSpace metadata
OCLC Research will periodically harvest OAI-compliant metadata from the institutional repositories of interested DSpace users.
April 9, 2004
FictionFinder demonstrates the power of FRBR
The FictionFinder prototype provides a visible demonstration of how the FRBR model can facilitate searching and browsing bibliographic records for fiction.
April 1, 2004
Ohio State University and OCLC researchers to study how people use electronic information resources
Researchers at Ohio State University and OCLC are conducting a new study to find out how and why students and faculty members use electronic information sources to do research and solve problems.
March 8, 2004
Derek Law's DSS presentation on the Social Role of Digital Libraries now available online
Professor Derek Law, University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland), discusses the social opportunities presented by digital libraries in a Distinguished Seminar Series presentation given March 11, 2004, in Dublin (Ohio).
March 12, 2004
OCLC researcher Ralph LeVan helps create the next generation of Z39.50 software
Called Search and Retrieve Web/Search and Retrieve URLs (SRW/U), the new service uses the basic Z39.50 features in combination with Web technology.
February 27, 2004
Brian Lavoie publishes introduction to Open Archival Information System (OAIS) reference model
The report, "The Open Archival information System Reference Model: Introductory Guide," is a joint publication of the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and OCLC.
February 24, 2004
OAI-related activities of OCLC Research featured in Roy Tennant's Library Journal column
A recent Digital Libraries column in Library Journal by Roy Tennant features two projects of OCLC Researcher Jeff Young: the OAI Viewer, and Extensible Repository Resource Locators (ERRoLs) for OAI Identifiers.
February 19, 2004
OCLC Research announces new ResearchWorks Web Site
OCLC ResearchWorks features demos, prototypes, and other interactive items that showcase the current work of OCLC Researchers.
February 13, 2004
New presentations available on FRBR and researching library collections
Two new presentations are available on the OCLC Research Web site.
February 4, 2004
Experimental service accepts an ISBN, returns set of ISBNs associated with same FRBR work; bookmarklet then uses to query library holdings
The experimental xISBN service supplies ISBNs associated with individual intellectual works represented in the OCLC WorldCat database.
January 26, 2004
OCLC and ALISE announce 2004 research grant award recipients
OCLC Research and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) have awarded research grants to Corinne Jorgensen (Florida State University), Feili Tu and Nancy Zimmerman (University of South Carolina), and Elizabeth Yakel (University of Michigan).
January 9, 2004
Jeff Young develops Extensible Repository Resource Locators (ERRoLs) for OAI Identifiers
OCLC Researcher Jeff Young has developed a scheme for creating "Cool" (i.e., unchanging) URLs for metadata, content, and services related to registered Open Archive Initiative (OAI) repositories.
December 31, 2003
OCLC hosts "info" URI registry
OCLC Research has developed, and is hosting, NISO's "info" URI registry, built on an enhanced OAI-PMH 2.0 repository.
January 23, 2004
Dublin Core designated "Schema of the Week" by SchemaWeb
SchemaWeb, a repository for RDF schemas expressed in the RDFS, OWL and DAML+OIL schema languages, described knowledge of Dublin Core as "essential for all web warriors."
December 17, 2003
Connaway and Lawrence publish on Comparing Library Resource Allocations..., in D-Lib
Lynn Silipigni Connaway & Stephen R. Lawrence have published "Comparing Library Resource Allocations for the Paper and the Digital Library: An Exploratory Study," in the December issue of D-Lib Magazine (V9 n12).
December 15, 2003
DC-2004 Conference to be held October 11-14 in Shanghai (China)
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) will hold its 2004 conference October 11-14, 2004 at the Shanghai Library (China).
December 12, 2003
ISO publishes the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set
Titled “Information and documentation—The Dublin Core metadata element set,” the document is available in English or French for purchase in print or electronic formats; an identical version is available in English for free download from ANSI/NISO.
December 10, 2003
Stu Weibel, Tim Berners-Lee chat about major trends in the information landscape, their impact on use and access to public information
As part of an OCLC environmental scan of the Library and Information communities, OCLC Researcher Stuart Weibel spoke with Tim Berners-Lee, Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), regarding his perspectives on major trends in the information landscape and their impact on use and access to public information.
December 4, 2003
Active in digital preservation? Take the PREMIS survey!
Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies (PREMIS), a working group sponsored by OCLC and RLG, seeks information about digital preservation repositories.
November 26, 2003
Connaway's DLF presentation on Data Mining in Library Collection Silos now available
Lynn Silipigni Connaway's DLF Fall Forum presentation, "Data Mining Library Collection Silos: An Opportunity for Cooperative Collection Management of Print and Electronic Books," is now available on the OCLC Research Web site.
November 25, 2003
OCLC issues report on libraries and e-learning
"Libraries and the Enhancement of E-learning," written for both the library commuity and its larger environment, explores the relationship between academic libraries and e-learning in higher education.
November 18, 2003
Wagner & Nagamori’s DC-2003 presentation of DCMI’s translation tool now available
OCLC Research staffer Harry Wagner and visiting scientist Mitsuharu Nagamori presented “Internationalizing The DCMI Metadata Registry” at the DCMI Localization & Internationalization SIG session at the DC-2003 conference in Seattle, Washington. (USA).
November 14, 2003
Ralph LeVan's SRW/SRU Open Source database interface now available; includes support for DSpace's Lucene implementation and OCLC's Pears and Newton databases
The SRW/U Open Source software implements both the SRW Web Service and the SRU REST model interface to databases.
November 7, 2003
Lynn Silipigni Connaway to present on Data Mining in Library Collection Silos at November 19 DLF Fall Forum in Albuquerque
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph. D., will present her co-authored paper, "Data Mining Library Collection Silos: An Opportunity for Cooperative Collection Management of Print and Electronic Books," on Wednesday, November 19, at the DLF Fall Forum in Albuquerque, NM.
November 7, 2003
Lorcan Dempsey on library portals: e-print of forthcoming article
Lorcan Dempsey: "The recombinant library: portals and people." Forthcoming in Journal of Library Administration.
October 31, 2003
E-print available of Shirley Hyatt on transformations in the metadata environment that are impacting libraries and other information organizations
Hyatt, Shirley. 2003. "Developments in Cataloging and Metadata."
October 31, 2003
Recent publications of OCLC researchers
Announcing recent publications by OCLC Research scientists and colleagues:
October 31, 2003
Hear Dr. Gloriana St. Clair on The Million Book Project Today; view presentation slides
Dr. Gloriana St. Clair, Dean, University Libraries, Carnegie Mellon University, visited OCLC Dublin (Ohio) recently to discuss the Million Book Digital Library Project.
October 24, 2003
Jian Qin and Jean Godby on Incorporating Educational Vocabulary in Learning Object Metadata Schemas
Presentation file now available for this short paper presented at ECDL 2003, the 7th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, August 17-22, Trondheim, Norway.
October 15, 2003
Godby, Smith, and Childress paper on Interoperable Metadata available on OCLC Research Web site
This paper, "Two Paths to Interoperable Metadata," was presented at the 2003 Dublin Core Conference in Seattle, Washington (USA).
October 14, 2003
Edward T. O'Neill and Lois Mai Chan's FAST paper available from IFLA
The paper, "FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology): A Simplified LCSH-based Vocabulary," presented at the World Library and Information Congress last summer in Berlin, is available from the IFLA Web site.
October 13, 2003
IMLS awards 2003 National Leadership Grant for Libraries to Ohio State University and OCLC Research
Researchers include Principal Investigator Brenda Dervin at Ohio State University and Co-investigator Lynn Silipigni Connaway, who will coordinate OCLC's role in the project.
September 23, 2003
Ken Klingenstein's DSS presentation, "The Golden Age of Plywood," now available on OCLC Research Web site
In a recent presentation on the OCLC campus, Dr. Ken Klingenstein, project director, Internet2 Middleware, discussed the emergence of middleware infrastructures in higher education, and tools that allow consistent campus implementations to support inter-institutional collaborations.
October 3, 2003
National Library of Australia uses OCLC Research open-source software to expose digital collections via OAI
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has announced that it is using OCLC Research software to expose digital content via the Open Archives Initiative's Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).
September 13, 2003
Economic incentives for digital preservation: OCLC Newsletter considers recent white paper by OCLC researcher
Writing in a recent issue of the OCLC Newsletter, Tom Storey provides an overview of Brian Lavoie's "The Incentives to Preserve Digital Materials: Roles, Scenarios and Economic Decision-Making."
September 13, 2003
Software applications developed by OCLC research provide open systems framework for university repositories
OAICat and OAIHarvester, two open-source software programs developed by OCLC Researcher Jeff Young, implement Open Archives Initiatives protocols for data storage and harvesting in support of institutional repositories.
September 12, 2003
Herbert Van de Sompel discusses new protocols to support and connect digital libraries
In an interview in the July issue of the OCLC Newsletter, the 2003 Library & Information Technology Association/OCLC Kilgour Award winner and member of OCLC's Research Advisory Committee chats with Tom Storey about his current job, his interest in transforming scholarly communication, and the role and potential impacts of the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) and its Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).
September 12, 2003
OCLC, Die Deutsche Bibliothek and LC to develop Virtual International Authority File
OCLC, Die Deutsche Bibliothek (the German national library) and the Library of Congress have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF).
August 26, 2003
Researchers, RAC member publish on innovative uses of OAI-PMH concepts beyond resource discovery with Dublin Core
In "Using the OAI-PMH ... Differently" (D-Lib Magazine July/August), Research Advisory Committee member Herbert Van de Sompel and OCLC researchers Jeff Young and Thom Hickey describe innovative applications of the Open Archives Initiative's Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).
August 6, 2003
Jay Jordan announces availability of free FRBR algorithm, at IFLA Annual Conference in Berlin
OCLC is making an algorithm available free of charge to organizations interested in converting their bibliographic databases to the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model, in which individual records are brought together under the concept of a work.
August 5, 2003
OCLC contributes to the Society for Imaging Science & Technology's 2004 Archiving Conference
IS&T's Archiving Conference will be held 20-23 April 2004 in San Antonio, Texas (USA).
August 5, 2003
OCLC Chief Scientist Thom Hickey announces a two-page OAI server in Python
Although done as an example of how little code it actually takes to support OAI-PMH, 2PageOAI implements a useful repository, and researchers have successfully validated repositories running this code.
August 5, 2003
Lorcan Dempsey contributes to draft IMS/CNI white paper on learning management systems and digital library interoperability
Discussed at the spring CNI task force meeting and the IMS spring meeting, the authors solicit comments, especially prior to July 14.
July 3, 2003; updated July 9
DCMI leadership transition
Stu Weibel announces transition of DCMI leadership to Makx Dekkers as part of the organization's planned evolution.
June 27, 2003
ePrints UK supporting study published
"Prospects for institutional e-print repositories in the United Kingdom," by Michael Day now available.
June 27, 2003; updated July 9
Register online for DCMI 2003 and pre-conference workshops
"Supporting Communities of Discourse and Practice–Metadata Research & Applications" in Seattle, Washington (USA) 28 September–2 October 2003 will consist of conference, workshop, and tutorial tracks.
June 27, 2003
OCLC Researchers in the news
The recently released issue (no. 5) of "DPC/PADI What's new in digital preservation" contains several mentions of OCLC Research activities as part of a very useful roundup of preservation activities.
June 23, 2003
Lorcan Dempsey's ARL and selected other presentations available on this web site
Linked from his bio page. (Publications, too!)
June 23, 2003
Lorna Peterson's LISRGP report now available on OCLC Research Web site
"Operationalizing Barriers to Dissemination of African Research and Scholarship" reports on Dr. Peterson's 2002 OCLC/ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grant Program project.
June 10, 2003
Lynn Silipigni Connaway's ACRL presentation paper available on the ALA web site
"A Comparison of the Functions and Processes Associated with Identifying, Selecting, Acquiring, and Organizing Paper Books and Electronic Books" (PDF: 231K/11pp.)
June 9, 2003
Thom Hickey's ELAG 2003 presentation text on Web services for Digital Libraries
OCLC chief scientist Thom Hickey reviews Web Services concepts relevant to digital libraries and provides examples in this text version of his ELAG 2003 presentation.
May 19, 2003
Finland is first National Affiliate of Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
DCMI and the National Library of Finland are pleased to announce that Finland has become DCMI's first National Affiliate.
May 5, 2003
Herbert Van de Sompel wins OCLC/LITA Kilgour Award
Dr. Van de Sompel, who co-created the SFX linking system and co-founded the Open Archives Initiative, is team leader, Digital Library Research and Prototyping Group, Los Alamos National Laboratories Research Library, and a member of the OCLC Research Advisory Committee.
April 18, 2003
Jane Ryland's Internet2 DSS presentation now available
Ms. Ryland is membership consultant, Internet2 Consortium and member of the OCLC Board of Trustees. Presentation slides and audio file now available.
April 15, 2003
OCLC pleased to support OpenURL registry framework test
OCLC staffers Jeff Young and Phil Norman developed the OpenURL registry using OCLC's OAICat open source software.
April 14, 2003
OCLC Researcher Brian Lavoie publishes analysis of the incentives for digital preservation
Appropriate incentives are fundamental to the development of economically sustainable digital preservation activities.
April 4, 2003
Lorcan Dempsey & David Seaman collaborate on joint projects with IMS & CNI
Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President, OCLC Research, and David Seaman, Director, Digital Library Federation, are working with IMS Global Learning Consortium and the Coalition for Networked Information to develop a joint white paper in the rapidly evolving areas of digital libraries and learning object repositories.
March 24, 2003
IMS releases new spec connecting Web-based eLearning content
IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS) has announced the release of its new Digital Repositories Interoperability (DRI) specification.
March 11, 2003
Hear Roy Tennant's 26 February Distinguished Seminar Series presentation at OCLC Dublin (Ohio)
Well-known columnist and digital librarian speaks on "Points of Pain, Peculiar Possibilities, and a Patron Paradise, or A Slightly Arbitrary Set of Hair-brained Ideas."
February 28, 2003
OCLC Researchers estimate 1-percent decrease in size of public Web
Although the public Web has more than doubled in size since 1998, the speed of its growth steadily declined over that period.
February 26, 2003
Roy Tennant to visit OCLC Dublin (Ohio) for 26 February Distinguished Seminar Series presentation
Well-known columnist and digital librarian to speak on "Points of Pain, Peculiar Possibilities, and a Patron Paradise, or A Slightly Arbitrary Set of Hair-brained Ideas."
February 24, 2003
Robin Wendler's ALA presentation now available
Ms. Wendler spoke on preservation metadata and the activities of the OCLC/RLG working group at the session, "Expanding Access Through the Digital & Preservation Cooperative".
February 13, 2003
Lynn Connaway will present the results of her juried research project at ACRL National Conference, Charlotte, NC, 11 April
"A Comparison of the Functions and Processes Associated with Identifying, Selecting, Acquiring, Organizing, and Maintaining Print Books and Electronic Books" was selected by a juried panel for presentation at and publication in the proceedings of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 11th National Conference in Charlotte.
February 12, 2003
Rebecca Dean (manager, metadata analysis & investigation) presents FAST to Italian Authority Control Conference
Monday, 10 February 2003, in Florence, Italy.
February 7, 2003
DC-2002 papers and posters available
The tenth Dublin Core conference, DC-2002: Metadata for e-Communities: Supporting Diversity and Convergence, was held October 13-17 in Florence, Italy; organized by DCMI, Associazione Italiana Biblioteche, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze, Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Istituto Universitario Europeo, Regione Toscana, and Università di Firenze.
February 4, 2003
Robert Martin speaks at OCLC Dublin (Ohio)
IMLS director discusses libraries, librarianship, and their relationship to other cultural institutions during his 3 February Distinguished Seminar Series presentation.
February 4, 2003
2003 OCLC/ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grant Program award winners announced
Abby A. Goodrum, Syracuse University, Rebecca Green, University of Maryland, and Joseph Janes, The University of Washington, were recognized at ALISE 2003 Awards Luncheon.
February 3, 2003
Dublin Core Metadata Intiative site noted by EContent magazine as "worth bookmarking"
In a December 2002 article, EContent's contributing editors recommend ten sites worth watching.
January 14, 2003
Lynn Silipigni Connaway to work with OCLC Research
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D., division vice president, Research and Library Systems, netLibrary, a Division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, is currently working with OCLC Research (OR).
January 14, 2003
MIT's DSpace utilizes OAICat software for OAI compliance
OAICat software developed by OCLC Research was incorporated into MIT's DSpace system to provide OAI-PMH v2 access to its information.
December 18, 2002
Syllabus and reading list available for Lorcan Dempsey's LAMA 2002 National Institute Workshop with David Seaman
Dempsey and Seaman led introductory and advanced examinations of the nature of digital content and its effect on the formulation of essential library services at this conference on "The E-ssential Library: Creating and Sustaining Our Leading Edge," November 14–16, 2002.
November 19, 2002
OCLC researchers at Fall 2002 Coalition for Networked Information Task Force Meeting
Thom Hickey, Diane Vizine-Goetz, and Jean Godby will present; see the Fall 2002 CNI Task Force Meeting home page.
November 14, 2002
DC-2002 papers and posters now available
The tenth Dublin Core conference, DC-2002: Metadata for e-Communities: Supporting Diversity and Convergence, was held October 13-17 in Florence, Italy; organized by organized by DCMI, Associazione Italiana Biblioteche, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze, Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Istituto Universitario Europeo, Regione Toscana, and Università di Firenze.
November 14, 2002
Bill Arms' DSS presentation available
Bill Arms spoke October 25, 2002 at OCLC Dublin (Ohio) on "The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) as an Example of Current Research in Information Science."
November 14, 2002
WorldCat: a rich resource for cataloging, bibliographic verification, and discovery
"Global Collective Resources," Anna Perrault's LISRGP report, provides a bibliometric profile of a sample of WorldCat monographic records by type of library, subject, language, and publication date parameters.
October 9, 2002
DCMI announces release of metadata registry
The DCMI Registry provides a Web-based user interface enabling users to explore Dublin Core vocabulary.
September 20, 2002
Lorcan Dempsey to speak in The Hague at NDCC School for Scanning
This well-known conference is presented by the Northeast Document Conservation Center and funded in part by The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and OCLC.
September 19, 2002
OCLC Research upgrades OAI toolkits
OAICat and OAIHarvester now support the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, version 2.0.
August 13, 2002
Research Advisory Committee meets for working session in Dublin
The OCLC Research Advisory Committee met August 1 on the OCLC campus in Dublin, Ohio.
August 9, 2002
2002 Frederick G. Kilgour Award winner announced
Carol C. Kuhlthau, director, Master of Library Service Program at Rutgers University is the winner of the Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology for 2002.
July 2, 2002
OCLC white paper on the information habits of college students
Concentrating on the Web-based information habits of college students, particularly their use of campus library Web sites, this study finds that college and university students look to campus libraries and library websites for their information needs and value access to accurate, up-to-date information with easily identifiable authors.
June 24, 2002
Joint OCLC/RLG Working Group releases report on Metadata Framework to Support Preservation of Digital Objects
The Working Group on Preservation Metadata, an initiative jointly sponsored by OCLC and RLG, has released A Metadata Framework to Support the Preservation of Digital Objects (PDF:696K/54pp.), a new report available on the OCLC web site.
June 14, 2002
Dublin Core conference paper submission deadline extended to June 29
In response to requests the DC-2002 Program Committee has agreed to accept late submissions until June 29.
June 14, 2002
OCLC OR to participate in UK Joint Information Systems Committee FAIR program
OCLC will work with the Resource Discovery Network, the University of Southampton, and others to provide knowledge organisation and name authority services to enrich metadata records for e-prints as part of the national 'e-prints UK' project.
June 4, 2002
Paper submission deadline for Dublin Core conference is June 15
The paper submission deadline for DC-2002 in Florence, Italy is June 15.
May 31, 2002
Scorpion software now available as Open Source
SiteSearch users have 90-95% of the code required to implement Scorpion because it is built on top of Gwen and Pears.
May 29, 2002
Research Advisory Committee meeting report now available
Summary of presentations made to RAC members at the March 21-22 meeting in Dublin, Ohio.
May 18, 2002
Stu Weibel & other experts discuss metadata fundamentals in D-Lib Magazine
OCLC research scientist Stuart Weibel joins Erik Duval, Wayne Hodgins, and Stuart Sutton to explicate the foundations of agreement between the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Learning Object Metadata (LOM) working group.
May 11, 2002
OCLC researchers celebrate a decade of NetLab digital-library R&D by speaking at anniversary conference
OCLC Research vice president Lorcan Dempsey and research scientists Stuart Weibel and Diane Vizine-Goetz participated in the 10th anniversary conference of NetLab, the research and development department at Lund University Libraries.
April 15, 2002
Z39.50 Implementors Group (ZIG) and others meet April 4 and 5 at OCLC
The Z39.50 Implementors Group (ZIG) met on the OCLC campus in Dubin, Ohio, on April 4 and 5.
April 15, 2002
Lorcan Dempsey hosts Herbert Van de Sompel in 26 March satellite videoconference on OAI metadata harvesting
Lorcan Dempsey, vice president, OCLC Research, and Research Advisory Committee member Herbert Van de Sompel led a 26 March satellite videoconference about the open archives metadata harvesting protocol.
April 15, 2002
Research Advisory Committee gathers in Dublin, Ohio for semiannual meeting
The Research Advisory Committee held its first meeting of 2002 on the OCLC campus in Dublin, Ohio on March 21-22.
April 15, 2002
OCLC and ALISE announce Library and Information Science Grant recipients
OCLC Research and the Association for Library and Information Science Education have awarded three research grants for 2002, to Jane Greenberg (UNC, Chapel Hill), Lorna Peterson (SUNY Buffalo), and Wonsik Shim (Florida State).
March 5, 2002
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) announces formation of its first board of trustees
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) announces its first board of trustees, formed to provide strategic leadership and support to the organization.
February 1, 2002
OCLC researchers to speak at conference celebrating a decade of NetLab's digital-library R&D April 10-12
NetLab, the research and development department at Lund University Libraries, focuses its activities primarily on digital library and netbased information discovery and retrieval, mainly in Internet/WWW environments.
January 30, 2002
"Reconceptualizing Cataloging" symposium at ALA Midwinter broadcast on Web
The approximately 400 viewers of OCLC's symposium on "Reconceptualizing Cataloging," January 18 at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in New Orleans, gave the program very high ratings.
January 30, 2002
Papers from October DCMI conference in Tokyo
The current issue (V2, n2) of the Journal of Digital Information presents a collection of articles from the DC-2001, the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, held in Tokyo, Japan in October 2001.
January 30, 2002
Experts and practitioners meet with OCLC Research to discuss Web Services
OR sponsored a December 16-17 meeting in Dublin, Ohio to discuss current technology and library involvement with Web services, and to consider possibilities for the future.
January 10, 2002
Research supports new Forest Press publication linking LCSH and Dewey
OCLC Forest Press has published People, Places & Things, a list of over 50,000 Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) paired with corresponding Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) numbers.
December 4, 2001
OCLC/RLG Preservation Metadata Working Group releases second paper
The OCLC/RLG Preservation Metadata Working Group announces its second publication, "Preservation Metadata and the OAIS Information Model: Part I: A Recommendation for Content Information."
October 30, 2001
Dublin Core Metadata Element Set approved
The American National Standards Institute has approved the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set as a National Information Standards Organization (NISO) standard.
October 30, 2001
Web growth slowing?
At 3.1 million sites and about 36% of the web, the number of public web sites continues to expand, but at a slower rate.
October 30, 2001
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