Dear Colleagues,
This week's updates include: . An invitation to attend one of two upcoming OCLC Research Library Partnership Briefings in California on 22 and 23 April . Details about the Innovation Lab's WorldCat Live! API and new visualization interface . Links to the videos and other outputs from our MOOCs and Libraries event Best regards, Melissa Melissa Renspie Senior Communications Officer <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] _____ Join Us for One of Two Southern California OCLC Research Library Partnership Briefings on 22 April at UC Irvine and 23 April at UCLA Exclusively for OCLC Research Library Partners Senior Program Officer Merrilee Proffitt <http://www.oclc.org/research/people/proffitt.html> and Program Officer Jackie Dooley <http://www.oclc.org/research/people/dooley.html> are hosting two OCLC Research Library Partnership Briefings: one on Monday, April 22nd at Partner Institution University of California, Irvine <http://www.uci.edu/> from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., and the other on Tuesday, April 23rd at Partner Institution University of California, Los Angeles <http://www.ucla.edu/> from 1:30-3:30 p.m. These briefings will provide information about our current and upcoming activities; an overview of our major thematic areas: System-wide Organization <http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/swo.html> , Mobilizing Unique Materials <http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/mum.html> , Advancing the Research Mission <http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/arm.html> , and Metadata Management <http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/msm.html> ; as well as an overview of SHARES <http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/shares.html> and ways to engage effectively in the Partnership. If you'll be in the area then we hope you'll join us! Contact Merrilee Proffitt <http://www.oclc.org/research/people/proffitt.html> with questions or to RSVP. _____ Innovation Lab's WorldCat Live! API Enables Developers to Incorporate Live WorldCat Data New Visualization Interface Provides Three Interactive Visualizations of WorldCat Live! API Data Developed rapidly by the Innovation Lab <http://www.oclc.org/research/innovationlab.html> in response to a user's request, the WorldCat Live! API <http://experimental.worldcat.org/xwwg/> provides a real-time stream of newly added records of library collections and published materials to WorldCat, the world's largest online database for discovery of library resources. The API is an RSS feed that can be filtered and parameterized to return the records in a variety of formats. The WorldCat Live! API is freely available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (plain language summary). Examples of its current uses include a Python module for interacting with the WorldCat Live! API <https://gist.github.com/edsu/4730261> by Ed Summers; Highscores <https://github.com/edsu/highscores> , a retro arcade game for original cataloging performed daily, by Ed Summers and Sean Hannan; and the WorldCat Live! Visualization Interface <http://experimental.worldcat.org/live/> created by the Innovation Lab. The Innovation Lab's WorldCat Live! Visualization Interface <http://experimental.worldcat.org/live/> provides three interactive visualizations of the WorldCat Live! API data. The first visualization is geographic, it displays where OCLC members are adding items to WorldCat in real-time around the globe. This "Geography" visualization displays clusters on a world map that can zoom in to the institution level where individual pins can be selected to view the institution's name. The second and third visualizations track language and formats by displaying colored bubbles that grow as new items are added. The "Language" visualization displays the languages of the item currently being added, and the "Format" display shows the formats of the items being added, such as book, journal or map. The Innovation Lab <http://www.oclc.org/research/innovationlab.html> is the technology-based incubator that infuses innovation into all aspects of the OCLC cooperative to help it become more agile and responsive to library needs. It does this by creating experimental services to discover and learn from new ways to share data, cooperate, and grow the community. The Innovation Lab provides an important source of expertise, development and consultation and welcomes users ideas and feedback at [email protected]. _____ "MOOCs and Libraries: Massive Opportunity or Overwhelming Challenge?" Videos Now Available Tweet: #mooclib Videos from the "MOOCs and Libraries: Massive Opportunity or Overwhelming Challenge? <http://www.oclc.org/research/events/2013/03-18.html> " event hosted by OCLC Research and University of Pennsylvania Libraries on 18-19 March are now available. This event featured thoughtful and provocative presentations about the ways libraries are getting involved with massive open online courses (MOOCs), including the challenges and strategic opportunities they are facing. Links to the 11 individual videos and a MOOCs and Libraries video playlist <http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLB61wwipFoYfpA0rSB86XRnqL92Rkv8u&fea ture=view_all> that comprises all of these videos are available below and also in the news announcement <http://www.oclc.org/research/news/2013/04-09.html> , on the MOOCs and Libraries event page <http://www.oclc.org/research/events/2013/03-18.html> and on the OCLC Research YouTube Channel <http://www.youtube.com/oclcresearch> . In addition, links to the presenters' slides, a next steps document <http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/events/2013/03-18moocs-next-steps. pdf> (pdf) and the #mooclib archived tweets <http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/events/2013/03-18moocs-tweets.pdf> (pdf) from this event are available on the MOOCs and Libraries event page <http://www.oclc.org/research/events/2013/03-18.html> . Look to the OCLC Research blog, HangingTogether <http://www.hangingtogether.org/> , for a short series of postings that recap presentation highlights and summarize outcomes from this event. More than 500 people participated in this event: 125 attended in person and more than 400 attended remotely online. If you weren't one of them, check out these links to see what you missed. Welcome from the University of Pennsylvania Libraries <http://youtu.be/fU8Mle0Tar8> http://youtu.be/fU8Mle0Tar8 (8:12) Carton Rogers, University of Pennsylvania Why MOOCs, Why Penn, Why Now? http://youtu.be/guQyTudlFCI (23:01) Ed Rock, University of Pennsylvania MOOCs and Libraries, An Overview of the Landscape <http://youtu.be/F3F62Cp8IuQ> http://youtu.be/F3F62Cp8IuQ (14:46) Jim Michalko, Vice President OCLC Research Library Partnership MOOCs and Libraries, An Overview of the (Current) Landscape <http://youtu.be/OnocUiX3lXM> http://youtu.be/OnocUiX3lXM (14:09) Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research Copyright, Licensing, Open Access <http://youtu.be/7FvR4K3eddU> http://youtu.be/7FvR4K3eddU (59:39) Brandon Butler, Director of Public Policy Initiatives, Association of Research Libraries, moderator Kevin Smith, Scholarly Communications Officer, Duke University Kenny Crews, Director, Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University Kyle K. Courtney, Manager of Faculty Research and Scholarship, Harvard Law School Production & Pedagogy <http://youtu.be/ju0bPfabAdg> http://youtu.be/ju0bPfabAdg (1:16:11) Bruce Lenthall, Director of Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Pennsylvania, moderator Christian Terwiesch, Wharton School Faculty, University of Pennsylvania Jackie Candido, Online Learning & Digital Engagement, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Amy Bennett, Penn Open Learning, University of Pennsylvania Anna Delaney, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania New Opportunities for Librarians: What Happens When You Go Behind the Lines in a MOOC? <http://youtu.be/3ebkaSjXtmk> http://youtu.be/3ebkaSjXtmk (1:04:11) Marjorie Hassen, Director of Teaching, Research, and Learning Services, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, moderator Sarah Bordac, Head, Instructional Design, Brown University Jennifer Dorner, Head, Instruction and User Services, University of California Berkeley Lynne O'Brien, Director of Academic Technology and Instructional Services, Duke University Who Are the Masses? A View of the Audience http://youtu.be/Ms-7scjqdxw (19:04) Howard Lurie, Vice President, Content Development, edX Who Are the Masses? A View of the Audience http://youtu.be/hg8V8OBQ87k (16:24) Deirdre Woods, Interim Executive Director, Open Learning Initiative, University of Pennsylvania Who Are the Masses? A View of the Audience http://youtu.be/6uMO1hMKSxc (23:02) Margaret Donnellan Todd, County Librarian, County of Los Angeles Public Library Summary, Next Steps and Group Discussion http://youtu.be/WSzfKollEpo (18:32) Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research Chrystie Hill, Director, Community Relations, OCLC _____ Read our weekly electronic newsletter, Above the Fold <http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/newsletters/abovethefold.html> Watch our videos on the OCLC Research YouTube Channel <http://www.youtube.com/oclcresearch> Check out our podcasts and webinars in iTunes <http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/oclc-research-podcasts-webinars/id284764834 > Join the conversation on our blog, hangingtogether.org <http://hangingtogether.org/> Learn more about our RSS feeds <http://www.oclc.org/rss/default.htm> Get in touch <mailto:[email protected]> _____
