Dear Colleagues,
This week's update contains:
·Details of OCLC Research staff at SAA this week
·Information about a recent ArchiveGrid update
·A reminder to read our recently published report, /Print Management at
"Mega-scale": A Regional Perspective on Print Book Collections in North
America/
Best regards,
Melissa Renspie
Senior Communications Officer
[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
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*OCLC Research at SAA*
Several OCLC Research staff will be in San Diego this week for the 76^th
Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists (SAA)
<http://www2.archivists.org/conference/2012/san-diego>, including Ellen
Ast <http://www.oclc.org/research/people/ast.htm>, Jackie Dooley
<http://www.oclc.org/research/people/dooley.htm>, Ixchel Faniel
<http://www.oclc.org/research/people/faniel.htm>, Merrilee Proffitt
<http://www.oclc.org/research/people/proffitt.htm>, Jennifer Schaffner
<http://www.oclc.org/research/people/schaffner.htm> and Bruce Washburn
<http://www.oclc.org/research/people/washburn.htm>. You'll find them
presenting in and attending a variety of conference sessions throughout
SAA, as well as revealing ArchiveGrid design improvements at the
ArchiveGrid booth during exhibit hours, so if you're attending SAA be
sure to stop by and say hello. In addition, Jackie Dooley will
officially take office as president of SAA at the close of the meeting.
View Merrilee Proffitt's OCLC Research at SAA
<http://hangingtogether.org/?p=2085> blog post for more details.
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*Updates to ArchiveGrid Index *
Last week ArchiveGrid <http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/> was
updated with seven new contributors, 6,192 more EAD finding aids, and
data that will improve its homepage map. It now includes nearly 1.8
million archival collection descriptions in its index, including over
1.5 million of which are bibliographic records extracted from WorldCat
as well as finding aids provided in a mix of EAD XML, HTML, and PDF.
·Explore ArchiveGrid <http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/>
·Read the ArchiveGrid Blog <http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/blog/>
·Contact Bruce Washburn
<http://www.oclc.org/research/people/washburn.htm> or Ellen Ast
<http://www.oclc.org/research/people/ast.htm> with questions or comments
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*Reminder of New Report: /Print Management at "Mega-scale": A Regional
Perspective on Print Book Collections in North America/*
If you have not yet read the new OCLC Research report, /Print Management
at "Mega-scale": A Regional Perspective on Print Book Collections in
North America
<http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2012-05r.htm>/,
we encourage you to do so. Written by Brian Lavoie
<http://www.oclc.org/research/people/lavoie.htm>, Constance Malpas
<http://www.oclc.org/research/people/malpas.htm> and JD Shipengrover
<http://www.oclc.org/research/people/shipengrover.htm>, the report
provides insight into the characteristics of a network of regionally
consolidated print collections, key relationships across these
collections, and their implications for system-wide issues such as
information access, mass digitization, resource sharing, and
preservation of library resources.
·Read the report
<http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2012-05r.htm>
·Learn more about the activity
<http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/mega-scale/default.htm>
associated with the report
·Contact Brian Lavoie <http://www.oclc.org/research/people/lavoie.htm>
or Constance Malpas <http://www.oclc.org/research/people/malpas.htm>
with questions or feedback
