Dear Colleagues,
This week's update contains:
·A link to the recently released /OCLC Research: 2011 Activity Report/
·A request for help with identifying researchers to take our special
collections survey
·A reminder to register to attend our Libraries Rebound meeting in
Philadelphia, PA on 5-6 June, plus notice that the hotel room blocks
expire 13 May
·A reminder of your exclusive access to a new report, /Lasting Impact:
Sustainability of Disciplinary Repositories/
Best regards,
Melissa
Melissa Renspie
Senior Communications Officer
[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
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*/OCLC Research: 2011 Activity Report/**Now Available*
This report presents our work in a new context and provides an overview
of our activities and accomplishments in 2011. It dives more deeply into
our work, provides a flavor of important themes, and points to sources
of further information. It also reviews our internal work, provides an
overview of our external shared work agenda, and presents recent outputs
such as prototype systems and services, published reports, webinars,
podcasts, videos, and meetings.
We encourage you to read the report
<http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2011activityreport-overview.htm>
and get in touch
<mailto:[email protected]?subject=OCLC%20Research:%202011%20Activity%20Report%20Feedback>
with comments or feedback.
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*Help Needed Reaching Researchers for Understanding Special Collections
Survey*
As part of our ArchiveGrid <http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/>
experiments
<http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/archivegrid/default.htm>, OCLC
Research is conducting a survey to identify how researchers find
resources to help them locate materials in archives and special
collections, as well as how they share information about those resources
with others. Not only are we interested in the answer to this question,
but we bet you are interested, as well.
Since many of you are in positions where you work directly with the
researchers we hope to reach, we're asking for your help in asking them
to take the survey (which is very painless---there are only 14
questions, mostly multiple choice). As an incentive, everyone who
completes the survey who is over 18 and lives in the US will have a
chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card.
We will summarize the survey findings and share them with you. We'll
also present them at the upcoming RBMS Preconference
<http://preconference.rbms.info/index.html>.
To make this easy for you, here's some text you could include in an
email to researchers:
OCLC Research wants to know how researchers (you) use special
collections and has created a brief survey to capture this information.
Please visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W8MKXP9 to *take the survey
by 25 May* and answer some questions about how you find---and find out
about---websites and other research resources. The information you
provide will help OCLC Research make it easier to discover materials in
special collections, plus you'll be entered in a drawing for a chance to
win a $50 Amazon Gift Card.**
Getting the word out to researchers is one of our challenges, so thank
you in advance for your help. Contact Senior Program Officer Merrilee
Proffitt <http://www.oclc.org/research/people/proffitt.htm> with questions.
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*Reminder: Register to Attend /Libraries Rebound: Embracing Mission,
Maximizing Impact/*
5--6 June 2012 in Philadelphia, PA USA
/Exclusively for OCLC Research Library Partners/
If you are planning on attending Libraries Rebound but have not yet
registered or reserved a room, we encourage you to do so soon! The room
blocks at the Hyatt at The Bellevue and Doubletree by Hilton Hotel
Philadelphia Center City expire 13 May. See our website for the meeting
agenda <http://www.oclc.org/research/events/2012-06-05.htm> and hotel
accommodation details, and be sure to register
<http://registration.oclc.org/reg/?pc=2012LibrariesReboundMeeting> to
attend this free meeting. Partner institutions are welcome to send more
than one representative. If you can't attend in person, we hope you'll
participate remotely and watch the live stream of the meeting on the web
(we'll share the details of how to do this with you soon).
Libraries Rebound will focus on the ways the library can be more closely
tied to the university's mission. In the midst of static or decreasing
budgets, being able to demonstrate impact in the pursuit of the
institution's research and teaching goals is paramount.
The meeting will consist of three sessions, each with its own theme:
·library staff working side-by-side with researchers in specific disciplines
·adapting special collection-building to align with teaching and
research focus areas
·and using library space to forge new partnerships with other units on
campus.
Although the themes are quite specific, the discussion will go beyond
these three areas, exploring other ways to support of the overall
mission. There will be three speakers and a reactor panel for each
session, with plenty of time for audience discussion. All presentations
and discussions will be in plenary so all attendees will be able to
participate fully.
We'll meet for a full day on 5 June and adjourn at noon on 6 June. The
colloquium will be followed by an OCLC Research Library Partnership
Briefing from noon--2:30 on 6 June.
Contact Senior Program Officer Ricky Erway
<http://review.oa.oclc.org/OCLCwww/research/people/erway.htm> with
questions or comments.
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*Reminder: Exclusive Access to a New Report: /Lasting Impact:
Sustainability of Disciplinary Repositories/*
One of the benefits you receive as an OCLC Research Library Partner is
exclusive access to Partnership outputs---such as reports, webinars,
podcasts, videos---as well as participatory forums and other events.
We're pleased to provide you with exclusive access to a new OCLC
Research report, /Lasting Impact: Sustainability of Disciplinary
Repositories
<http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2012-03r.htm>./
OCLC Research has assayed the landscape of disciplinary repositories,
profiled a few and highlighted their business plans in this report.
Whether you are trying to populate your institutional repository,
helping faculty and students find relevant research information,
advising researchers about disseminating their findings, or considering
taking on responsibility for managing a subject-based repository,
/Lasting Impact: Sustainability of Disciplinary Repositories
<http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2012-03r.htm>/
should be an interesting read.
*We're sharing this report exclusively with Partners until 11 May,*at
which time it will be announced publicly. We encourage you to read the
report and share your feedback with Senior Program Officer and author,
Ricky Erway <http://www.oclc.org/research/people/erway.htm>.
