OCLC Research JavaScript is currently not supported or is disabled by this browser. Some features of this site will not be available. Please enable JavaScript for full functionality. OCLC.org OCLC.org Home Support & Training Community Center Developer Network WebJunction  COVID-19 | Information and resources to help Skip to page content. Research Areas Partnership People News & Events Publications Presentations About Settings Menu Search Research Report Total Cost of Stewardship: Responsible Collection Building in Archives and Special Collections Research Report Transforming Metadata into Linked Data to Improve Digital Collection Discoverability: A CONTENTdm Pilot Project Research Report Transitioning to the Next Generation of Metadata Events 06 May 2021 Total Cost of Stewardship (TCoS) Office Hours – RLP support sessions for the TCoS Tool Suite Join us for open office hours to ask questions and get support for using and implementing the tools in your own work. Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4] 06 May 2021 Total Cost of Stewardship (TCoS) Office Hours – open support sessions for the TCoS Tool Suite Join us for open office hours to ask questions and get support for using and implementing the tools in your own work. Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4] 11 May 2021 Total Cost of Stewardship (TCoS) Office Hours – RLP support sessions for the TCoS Tool Suite Join us for open office hours to ask questions and get support for using and implementing the tools in your own work. Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4] More Events News University of Waterloo Library joins OCLC Research Library Partnership 13 April 2021 The OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) is excited to welcome the University of Waterloo as a Partner. The OCLC and LIBER announce new open scholarship workshop series 01 April 2021 OCLC and LIBER partner to support developing strategic relationships across universities to advance open scholarship OCLC and LIBER Reimagine Descriptive Workflows, a new project from OCLC underway 30 March 2021 OCLC has been awarded a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to convene a diverse group of experts, practitioners, and community members to determine ways to address systemic biases and improve racial equity in descriptive practi... More News    Publications Total Cost of Stewardship: Responsible Collection Building in Archives and Special Collections 16 March 2021 The  Total Cost of Stewardship framework is a holistic approach to understanding the resources needed to responsibly acquire and steward archives and special collections. Included materials: Research Report, Annotated Bibliography, ... Transforming Metadata into Linked Data to Improve Digital Collection Discoverability 21 January 2021 This report shares the CONTENTdm Linked Data Pilot project findings. In this pilot project, OCLC and five partner institutions investigated methods for—and the feasibility of—transforming metadata into linked data to improve the discoverability and m... Transitioning to the Next Generation of Metadata 29 September 2020 This report synthesizes six years (2015-2020) of OCLC Research Library Partners Metadata Managers Focus Group discussions to trace how metadata services are transitioning into the “next generation of metadata” and the impact on future metadata servic... More Publications  Read more about our work on the OCLC Research blog Hanging Together. Follow OCLC Research:   © 2021 OCLC Domestic and international trademarks and/or service marks of OCLC, Inc. and its affiliates This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. See OCLC's cookie notice to learn more. Privacy statement Accessibility statement ISO 27001 Certificate