This update includes:
. Welcome, Curtin University . Attend Library Linked Data in the Cloud webinar to learn more about OCLC's contribution to library linked data . OCLC Research: 2014 Highlights Plus Top 10 Science Fiction Books of 2014 Best regards, Merrilee Highlights for the OCLC Research Library Partnership Welcome, Curtin University We are pleased to welcome Curtin University to the OCLC Research Library Partnership! The Partner Representative is Mrs. Catherine Clark, University Librarian. We look forward to collaborating with Curtin University staff on projects that benefit all research libraries and their users. The OCLC Research Library Partnership currently comprises 170 Partner institutions, including 11 in Australia. Attend Library Linked Data in the Cloud webinar to learn more about OCLC's contribution to library linked data Register to attend <https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/onstage/g.php?MTID=e1364f3dbc73c1f483ef0c72858f 36076> this webinar on Thursday, 21 May from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT to learn more about OCLC's contributions to the transformation of the Internet from a web of documents to a web of data as described in the forthcoming book, Library Linked Data in the Cloud: OCLC's Experiments with New Models of Resource Description, written by Carol Jean Godby, Shenghui Wang and Jeffrey K. Mixter. Librarians, archivists, computer scientists, and other professionals interested in modeling bibliographic descriptions as linked data are invited to attend this webinar in which the authors will describe the conceptual and technical challenges involved in publishing linked data derived from traditional library metadata. This transformation is urgent because it is now common knowledge that most searches for information start not in the library, nor even in a Web-accessible library catalog, but elsewhere on the Internet. Modeling data in a form that the broader Web understands may help keep libraries relevant in the Digital Information Age. Join us to gain more insights into linked data from the authors, including what lessons they learned about linked data as they wrote the book, and how these lessons helped them to identify and prioritize the next steps for library linked data. A recording of this presentation will be made available on our website <http://www.oclc.org/research/events/2015/05-21.html> following the webinar. OCLC Research: 2014 Highlights OCLC Research: 2014 Highlights describes the mission and goal of OCLC Research and explains the way in which our work is organized around four themes: . Research Collections and Support, . Data Science, . Understanding the System-wide Library, and . User Studies Each theme is presented in its own section that includes highlights of key deliverables in 2014, including publications, events and webinars, select presentations and experimental applications. The OCLC Research Library Partnership is a key constituency for our work - read about how our staff engaged with research libraries around shared issues in 2014. Of note from OCLC Research Top 10 Science Fiction Books of 2014 The 2015 finalists for the Hugo Awards-science fiction's most prestigious award-were released recently, which got some of us wondering what the top science fiction books of 2014 were for libraries. So here they are <http://www.oclc.org/research/wtworldcat/topscifi2014.html> , the novels in the science fiction genre published in 2014 with the largest holdings by libraries. Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer OCLC Research 777 Mariners Island Blvd Suite 550 San Mateo, CA 94404 USA +1-650-287-2136
