Dear Colleagues,
This week's update contains:
·An early look at an upcoming OCLC Research Library Partnership event on
"distinctive services"
·An invitation to register to attend our Social Metadata for Libraries,
Archives and Museums webinar on 9 March
·A message from Nancy Elkington about two new Partners who joined us
this week
Best regards,
Melissa
Melissa Renspie
Senior Communications Officer
[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
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*Upcoming OCLC Research Library Partnership event on "distinctive services"*
Thanks to input from the OCLC Research Library Partnership, we are
planning an event for late May or early June 2012 to focus on the
implementation of distinctive services that better align the library
with the mission of its parent institution. In order to ensure effective
impact, proactive research libraries are beginning to:
·redirect staff and reconfigure services to provide direct support for
the research mission of their parent institution,
·accrue teaching, research and prestige benefits to the parent
institution from the unique assets in special collections and archives, and
·recognize library space and its uses as a powerful way to project value
and enter into new partnerships.
--- All three involve forging new alliances, creating community, and
releasing new value from our assets.
This colloquium will feature OCLC Research Library Partners who have
demonstrated leadership in these areas. The presentations will offer
guidance on assessing appropriateness, dealing with staffing
practicalities, launching a program, and sustaining a successful
program. Participants will have adequate time to discuss the
difficulties and opportunities associated with each of these change areas.
We are interested in hearing your ideas for speakers in these areas. For
more information or to make a suggestion, contact Senior Program Officer
Ricky Erway <http://www.oclc.org/research/people/erway.htm>.
Look for more information on this event in the next few weeks.
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*Register to attend the Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and
Museums webinar for OCLC Research Library Partners, *
*9 March at 9 a.m. PST/12 Noon EST (UTC 17:00)*
/Follow or tweet this webinar with/*#sm4LAMs*
The recording of this webinar will be made freely available online.
Metadata helps users locate resources that meet their specific needs.
But metadata also helps us to understand the data we find and helps us
to evaluate what we should spend our time on. Traditionally, staff at
libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs) create metadata for the content
they manage. However, social metadata---content contributed by
users---is evolving as a way to both augment and recontexutalize the
content and metadata created by LAMs.
Cultural heritage organizations have been eager to expand their reach
into user communities and to take advantage of users' expertise to
enrich their descriptive metadata. In 2009-2010, a 21-member Social
Metadata Working Group
<http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/aggregating/group.htm> from
five countries reviewed 76 sites relevant to libraries, archives, and
museums that supported such social media features as tagging, comments,
reviews, images, videos, ratings, recommendations, lists, links to
related articles, etc. The working group analyzed the results of a
survey sent to site managers and discussed the factors that contribute
to successful---and not so successful---use of social metadata. We
conducted interviews and compiled an extensive resource list. All
informed our recommendations and are documented in three reports under
the common title, Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums.
Join this 90-minute interactive WebEx session in which five members of
the Social Metadata Working Group will present highlights of our
research and personal observations:
·Observations on our research into social metadata---Marja Musson,
International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam
·Tagging, crowd-sourcing, and other uses of social metadata---Ken
Varnum, University of Michigan
·LAMs' use of third-party sites---Cyndi Shein, Getty Research Institute
·Key points from our survey---Cheryl Gowing, University of Miami
·Measuring successful use of social metadata---Elizabeth Yakel,
University of Michigan School of Information
Program Officer Karen Smith-Yoshimura
<http://www.oclc.org/research/people/smith-yoshimura.htm> will introduce
and facilitate the session. Ample time will be provided for you to ask
questions and discuss the working group's recommendations.
Register here
<https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/j.php?ED=170109042&RG=1&UID=1292781842&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D>*
to attend this WebEx session on 9 March at 9:00 PST/12:00 EST (UTC 17:00).
Although webinar attendance is open to OCLC Research Library Partners
only, the webinar recording will be made publicly available on our
website <http://www.oclc.org/research/events/webinars.htm#sm4lams> and
in iTunes
<http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/oclc-research-podcasts-webinars/id284764834>.
*After you register to attend online, you will receive an e-mail message
that contains instructions for logging on to WebEx, where you will view
the VIAF demonstrations online through your Web browser (please note
that WebEx recommends using Internet Explorer or Firefox, as Chrome and
Safari are not supported). When you log in to the webinar, you may chose
to either listen to the presentation audio through your computer
speakers or headset, or dial in and listen by telephone.
If you have questions or need assistance, please call WebEx technical
support directly by phone at US/Canada Toll-Free: +1 866 229-3239 or
International Toll: +1 408 435-7088.
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*Two new Partners this week*
It gives me great pleasure to announce the affiliation of two new
Partner Institutions this week! The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
<http://www.utk.edu/> (under the direction of Dr. Steven Smith) joined
us on Wednesday and the University of Leicester <http://www2.le.ac.uk/>
(under the leadership of Ms. Christine Fyfe, University Librarian and
Ms. Louise Jones, Director of Library Services) joined us on Thursday.
Their affiliations are effective immediately and they will appear in our
Partnership Roster <http://www.oclc.org/research/partnership/roster.htm>
next week.
Welcome to both of our newest Partners!
Nancy Elkington <http://www.oclc.org/research/people/elkington.htm>
Director, Partner Relations
OCLC Research
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