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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> RLG Announcements
to Partners [mailto:RLG-ANNOUNCE-L@OCLC.ORG] <b>On Behalf Of </b>RLG<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 06, 2009 1:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RLG-ANNOUNCE-L@OCLC.ORG<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RLG Partnership Weekly Updates: Friday, 6 November 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>This week's update contains:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>An invitation to attend the OCLC
Research Distinguished Seminar Series presentation,</span><span lang=FR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>“Memento: Time
Travel for the Web,” with Herbert Van de Sompel on 19 November <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Details
about Günter Waibel’s participation in the MCN 2009 Annual Conference, 12-13
November in Portland, Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Confirmation that the OCLC Research</span><span
lang=FR style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Survey
of Special Collections and Archives in Academic and Research Libraries is
now live</span><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:16.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Notice
that the deadline for final draft EAC schema comments has been extended to 15
November, plus links to our EAC-CPF webinar recordings <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Best
regards,<br>
Melissa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Melissa Renspie<br>
Senior Communications Officer<br>
</span><a href="mailto:melissa_renspie@oclc.org"><span lang=FR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>melissa_renspie@oclc.org<br>
</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='color:black'>
<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Register to Attend the OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series
presentation,</span></b><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>“Memento: Time Travel for the Web,” with Herbert Van de
Sompel on 19 November <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>This
OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series presentation is free and open to the
public. You are invited to attend in person or remotely via WebEx. The
event begins with a coffee and pastry reception at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard
Time (EST). Herbert's presentation starts at 9:00 a.m. and is followed by a
question and answer session at 10:00 a.m. EST.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Full
details are available <a
href="http://www.oclc.org/research/dss/van_de_sompel.htm">online</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a
href="https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/j.php?ED=128216727&RG=1&UID=0">Register</a>
to attend online via WebEx.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>To
register to attend in person, contact Karen Disbrow at <a
href="mailto:disbrowk@oclc.org">disbrowk@oclc.org</a> or (614) 764-6073.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Günter
Waibel to Participate in MCN 2009 Annual Conference, 12-13 November in
Portland, Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Program
Officer <a href="http://www.oclc.org/research/people/waibel.htm">Günter Waibel</a>
will participate in the <a href="https://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp">MCN
2009 Annual Conference</a> next Thursday and Friday, 12-13 November in
Portland, Oregon. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The Museum Computer Network (MCN) Annual meeting is one of the
premier events for information professional from the museum community and
beyond to discuss technologies for the digital museum. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Günter</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> will
participate in the <b>Museum Data Exchange</b> panel on Thursday from 1:30-3:00
p.m., which will be webcast. He will also moderate the <b>Libraries, Archives,
and Museums: From Collaboration to Convergence </b>panel on Friday from 11:15
a.m.-12:45 p.m.</span><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#666666'> </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Descriptions for these panels are available on the MCN 2009
Conference Web site under <a
href="http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2524">Thursday</a> and <a
href="http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2526">Friday</a>,
respectively. Details for connecting to the webcast will be available <a
href="http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2625">online</a> 11
November. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>In
addition, Günter</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> will rotate off of the MCN board at the conference after serving
two terms over the past six years.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>OCLC
Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives in Academic and Research
Libraries Now Live<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Invitations
to participate in our OCLC Research survey of special collections and archives
were sent yesterday to all RLG Partner representatives in the U.S. and Canada.
The directors of libraries in ARL, the Canadian Association of Research
Libraries, the Independent Research Libraries Association, and the Oberlin
Group of liberal arts colleges also received invitations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The <a
href="http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/hiddencollections/survey.pdf">survey
instrument</a> (pdf) is available on the OCLC Research <a
href="http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/hiddencollections/default.htm">Survey
on Special Collections and Archives</a> activity page. Please note that
responses must be submitted via the email link sent to each library director.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>This
project updates and expands the survey administered by ARL in 1998, which
catalyzed the special collections community and led directly to numerous
high-profile initiatives to "expose hidden collections." Since then,
recognition of the distinction that unique special collections bring to our
institutions has become widespread.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>New data
is necessary in order to gauge progress within the ARL community and to create
baseline data for a broader array of research libraries and archives, including
the members of the RLG Partnership. The resulting data about the North
American inventory of "hidden collections" will enable both the five
participating consortia and individual institutions to characterize the
relative state of their collections, policies and capabilities, and to then
determine appropriate actions to further expose their collections and more
effectively deliver them to researchers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Broad
participation will enable each participating organization to learn about the
extent of its aggregate collections, the access they provide, the nature of the
user base, the status of adoption of new technologies and more. The data will
effectively support decision-making for strategic priorities and collaborative
projects. Individual libraries will be able to place themselves in the context
of relative norms across the community. We will learn answers to
questions such as:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>How
widespread is the implementation of new technologies in user services? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
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the latest approaches to archival management being widely adopted? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>In
which of the core competencies recommended by professional societies do staff
need more education and training?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>What
is the current role of special collections in digital library development? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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much progress has been made in preservation and management of born-digital
archival records? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>How
diverse is the staff of special collections libraries?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>OCLC
Research will publish results of the survey in mid-2010. This project is one
element of our <a href="http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/mum.htm">Mobilizing
Unique Materials</a> research activity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Contact <a
href="mailto:dooleyj@oclc.org">Jackie Dooley</a> with questions or comments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Deadline for Final
Draft EAC Schema Comments Extended to 15 November; EAC-CPF Webinar Recordings
Available<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>EAC-CPF (EAC for
short) is a communications structure (XML schema) for archival contextual
information. EAC records are akin to traditional MARC authority records, while
also enabling inclusion of much greater contextual information, such as
biographical information about people and administrative history of
governmental and private organizations. EAC records would complement and be
linked to EAD (Encoded Archival Description) descriptions of particular
archival collections. Imagine EAC records as a new data source about entities
that produce archival and manuscripts materials. In addition, they can provide
meaningful links to related access points in many domains. EAC’s
capabilities enable important steps toward an archival component of the
Semantic Web. <a href="http://eac.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/">Learn more</a>
about EAC, the EAC schema and the tag library. If you haven’t already
done so, please review the <a
href="http://eac.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/eac-cpf-schema.html">final draft
EAC schema</a> and provide comments by 15 November 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>To provide
additional information on EAC-CPF, OCLC Research, the RLG Partnership and the
EAC Working Group recently held two EAC-CPF webinars in which archivists,
authorities librarians, system developers and linked-data geeks discussed the
draft EAC-CPF standard (Encoded Archival Context—Corporate Bodies, Persons and
Families).<b> </b>In these webinars, Katherine Wisser, chair of the
international EAC Working Group, introduced the EAC-CPF standard and then took
questions from participants. Basil Dewhurst, Manager of Resource Discovery
Services at the National Library of Australia and member of the EAC Working
Group, also participated in the discussion during the 3 November webinar.
Daniel Pitti, chief architect of the EAC schema, participated in the discussion
of the 8 October webinar.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:16.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Links to the
streaming EAC-CPF webinar recordings are available here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=36175052&rKey=e821279d60a30404">3
November webinar</a> with Katherine Wisser and Basil Dewhurst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=35664247&rKey=0b370096263c8c75">8
October webinar</a> with Katherine Wisser and Daniel Pitti<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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persistent recordings are available on our Web site.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Contact <a
href="mailto:jennifer_schaffner@oclc.org">Jennifer Schaffner</a> with questions
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