Dear Colleagues,
This update includes: · Five of our recent publications · Video and slides from four of our recent engagements · A warm welcome to our four new Partners: Bryn Mawr College, Deakin University, Macquarie University and Vassar College · Congratulations to Senior Program Officer Merrilee Proffitt for being inducted as an SAA Fellow · Notice that OCLC Research was awarded the ALCTS Presidential Citation for “Understanding the Collective Collection” · A link to our latest “What in the WorldCat” feature, Top 10 Road Trip Movies—at least 3 will surprise you! Best regards, Melissa Melissa Renspie Senior Communications Officer OCLC Research <http://www.oclc.org/research> [email protected] @mrenspie <https://twitter.com/mrenspie> Read our latest report, The Evolving Scholarly Record <http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2014/oclcresearch-evolving-scholarly-record-2014-overview.html> _____ Links to five of our recent publications · The report, Agreement Elements for Outsourcing Transfer of Born Digital Content <http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2012-06r.html#agreement> , by Ricky Erway, Ben Goldman and Matthew McKinley suggests the elements that should be considered when constructing an outsourcing agreement for transferring born digital content from a physical medium, while encouraging adherence to both archival principles and technical requirements. · The article, “Managing Ambiguity in VIAF <http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july14/hickey/07hickey.html> ,” by Thom Hickey and Jenny Toves, published in the July/August 2014 issue of D-Lib Magazine, explains how the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) manages ambiguity of its tens of millions of names represented in more than 130 million authority and bibliographic records expressed in multiple languages, scripts and formats through a clustering process. It also describes how the problems and approaches used by VIAF may have implications in the use of linked data for other information services. · Issue 13 of OCLC Research Quarterly Highlights <http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/newsletters/quarterlyhighlights/2013-14q4.html> , gathers items from the previous quarter of work (April-June 2014) in OCLC Research and the OCLC Research Library Partnership and features Lorcan Dempsey <http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/newsletters/quarterlyhighlights/2013-14q4.html#dempsey> on collection directions and Ixchel Faniel <http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/newsletters/quarterlyhighlights/2013-14q4.html#faniel> on sharing and reusing research data. · The article, "Why Libraries? A Call for Use-Centered Assessment <http://bid.ub.edu/en/32/connaway3.htm> ," by Lynn Silipigni Connaway, was published in issue 32 of BID: textos universitaris de biblioteconomia i documentació. It explains why assessment and evaluation are critical to libraries in the current global economic environment. · The article, "Collection Directions: The Evolution of Library Collections and Collecting," by Lorcan Dempsey, Constance Malpas, and Brian Lavoie was published in the July 2014 issue of portal: Libraries and the Academy <http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/toc/pla.14.3.html> . Read a preprint <http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/portal_pre_print/articles/14.3dempsey.pdf> [pdf] of this article, which takes a broad view of the evolution of collecting behaviors in a network environment and suggests some future directions based on various simple models. _____ Videos and slides from four of our recent engagements · Regional Print Management: Right-Scaling Solutions Symposium <http://www.oclc.org/research/events/2014/03-27.html> – #regionalprint – During this symposium hosted by OCLC Research, the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) and The Ohio State University Libraries, with support from OhioLINK, library leaders who were actively implementing shared print arrangements at a variety of scales shared their experiences to broaden the community conversation about regional print management strategies. Key findings were also shared from the OCLC Research and Ohio State University Library analysis of CIC print books that were published in the report, Right-scaling Stewardship: A Multi-scale Perspective on Cooperative Print Management <http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2014/oclcresearch-cooperative-print-managment-2014.html> . View the symposium videos and slides <http://www.oclc.org/research/events/2014/03-27.html> . · Evaluating Online Behaviors: A Visitors and Residents Approach Webinar <http://www.oclc.org/research/events/2014/07-15.html> – #vandr – This Jisc and OCLC Research webinar demonstrates how the Visitors and Residents infoKit <http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/evaluating-services/> can be used to evaluate online behaviors and address various ways of evaluating user engagement. View the webinar recording and slides <http://www.oclc.org/research/events/2014/07-15.html> . · Reordering Ranganathan: Shifting User Behaviors, Shifting Priorities <http://www.oclc.org/research/events/2014/07-08.html> Webinar – #rrreport – In this webinar, Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Associate Research Scientist Ixchel Faniel present an overview of their report, Reordering Ranganathan: Shifting User Behaviors, Shifting Priorities <http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2014/oclcresearch-reordering-ranganathan-2014-overview.html> , in which they suggest how a reordering and a reinterpretation of each of Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan's Five Laws of Library Science can be applied to today's world. View the webinar recording and slides <http://www.oclc.org/research/news/2014/08-04.html> . · Libraries of the Future on All Sides with Ann Fisher <http://wosu.org/2012/allsides/libraries-future/> – On this NPR News talk show, Columbus Metropolitan Libraries CEO Pat Losinski, Columbus State Community College Director of Libraries Bruce E. Massis, and OCLC Senior Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway discussed how libraries are adapting to the 21st Century, including how people get their information, how libraries can integrate themselves online and outside the physical library, and what services besides books libraries should provide. View the recording <http://wosu.org/2012/allsides/libraries-future/> or listen to the podcast <http://streaming.osu.edu/wosu/allsides/071714b.mp3> (mp3: 50 minutes/68.7MB). _____ OCLC Research Library Partnership welcomes four new Partners We are pleased to welcome four new Partners and Partner Representatives to the OCLC Research Library Partnership: · Bryn Mawr College <https://www.brynmawr.edu/> and Dr. Gina Siesing, Chief Information Officer and Constance A. Jones Director of Libraries; · Deakin University <http://www.deakin.edu.au/> and Ms. Anne Horn, University Librarian, Executive Director for Academic Support; · Macquarie University <http://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/library/> and Mrs. JoAnne Sparks, University Librarian; and · Vassar College <http://library.vassar.edu/> and Ms. Barbara Durniak, Assistant Director of the Library for Access Services. We look forward to collaborating with them to achieve significant, innovative and collective action for the benefit of research libraries and their users. The OCLC Research Library Partnership currently comprises 170 Partner institutions <http://www.oclc.org/research/partnership/roster.html> . _____ Merrilee Proffitt inducted as a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists Congratulations to OCLC Research Senior Program Officer Merrilee Proffitt for being inducted as a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists last week at the Joint Annual Meeting of the Council of State Archivists, the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, and SAA in Washington, D.C. The distinction of Fellow is the highest honor bestowed on individuals by SAA and is awarded for outstanding contributions to the archives profession. Read more <http://www.oclc.org/research/news/2014/08-14a.html> . _____ OCLC Research receives ALCTS Presidential Citation for “Understanding the Collective Collection” OCLC Research was awarded the Presidential Citation of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services for outstanding service to ALCTS in the report, Understanding the Collective Collection: Towards a System-wide Perspective on Library Print Collections <http://oclc.org/research/publications/library/2013/2013-09r.html> . This award recognizes distinguished achievement by an ALCTS member or members who make significant contributions to the association and to the profession but whose accomplishments do not fall within the criteria for ALCTS' other awards. Read more <http://www.oclc.org/research/news/2014/7-11.html> . _____ Top 10 Road Trip Movies—at least 3 will surprise you! In celebration of the road trip—a treasured summer tradition—check out this month's #wtworldcat list, Top 10 Road Trip Movies in Libraries <http://www.oclc.org/research/wtworldcat/top-road-trip-movies.html> . At least three will surprise you! _____
