Events
21 April 2020
OCLC RLP Research Retreat
Due to travel restrictions, we have decided to cancel the RLP meeting.
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29 April 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Approaches to Processing Audiovisual Archives for Improved Access and Preservation Planning
Join us to learn about the University of Houston Special Collections’ approach to addressing a backlog of under-described archival audiovisual materials to increase accessibility and better advocate and plan for digitization projects.
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
13 May 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Lost in Transcription—Developing workflows for captioning video
Join this webinar to learn about an investigation into captioning tools and potential workflows to address accessibility issues for digital video at scale.
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
News
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OCLC Virtual Town Hall: Libraries and the COVID-19 Crisis
Monday, April 13, 3:00-4:30 ET
The COVID-19 crisis has created a strain on both the personal and professional lives of library staff everywhere. As libraries respond to rapidly evolving information and guidelines, building...
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New COVID-19 Discussion Board for Libraries
To help libraries share information, ideas, and best practices about how they are responding to the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the global COVID-19 pandemic, OCLC is adding a new COVID-19 Discussion Board to the Community Center. This mod...
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New OCLC Research Update
Explore the newest offerings from OCLC Research in the March – May edition of our Research Update. This latest issue includes Works in Progress webin...
Publications
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Call to Action: Public Libraries and the Opioid Crisis
OCLC has partnered with the Public Library Association (PLA) to issue Call to Action: Public Libraries and the Opioid Crisis, a report that offers strategies for public libraries to consider as they determine a local response to t...
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Reflections on Collective Collections
Collective collections are the combined holdings of a group of libraries, analyzed and possibly managed as a unified resource. Constructing, understanding, and operationalizing collective collections is an increasingly important aspect of collection ...
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Exploring Models for Shared Identity Management at a Global Scale: The Work of the PCC Task Group on Identity Management in NACO
This paper discusses the efforts of the PCC Task Group on Identity Management in NACO to explore and advance identity management activities.