[Yulcat-l] FW: CORRECTED RLG Partnership Weekly Updates: 18 December 2009

[Swanekamp, Joan]

From: RLG Announcements to Partners [mailto:RLG-ANNOUNCE-L at OCLC.ORG] On Behalf Of RLG
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 3:26 PM
To: RLG-ANNOUNCE-L at OCLC.ORG
Subject: CORRECTED RLG Partnership Weekly Updates: 18 December 2009

Dear Colleagues,

This revised weekly update contains a corrected URL for the RLG Partnership Update webinar registration. Please delete the previous weekly update that was distributed earlier today as it contains a bad link.  I apologize for the error.
Best regards,
Melissa
Melissa Renspie
Senior Communications Officer
melissa_renspie at oclc.org
<mailto:melissa_renspie at oclc.org>

 This week's update contains:

*         An invitation to attend the RLG Partnership Update webinar on 7 January 2010

*         Links to the program details and registration for the 22-23 April 2010 RLG Partnership European Meeting

*         Details of the 8 January deadline extension for completing the Special Collections and Archives Survey

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Register to Attend the RLG Partnership Update Webinar at 2-3:30 EST on 7 January 2010

To make the RLG Partnership Update meeting available beyond ALA attendees, we are moving it to new time and format. The meeting will now take place before ALA as a virtual meeting, during which program officers will give reports on relevant projects recently completed or underway. This is a great opportunity for institutions to learn about current work and discover ways to become more engaged in the RLG Partnership.

Topics we'll cover include:

Collective Collection
Green ILL Practices & Deaccessing Decision Tree with Dennis Massie
Cloud Library with Constance Malpas
Orphan Works Study with Brian Lavoie

Mobilizing Unique Materials
Evaluating Rights & Risk for Unpublished Materials with Ricky Erway
Special Collections Survey with Jackie Dooley

Research Information Management
The Libraries Role in Research Assessment with John MacColl
Data Curation with Stu Weibel

Metadata Support & Management
Social Metadata with Karen Smith-Yoshimura

We'll also provide a preview of coming events, reports, webinars, etc.  We hope you can join us!


*         Register<https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/j.php?ED=129818137&RG=1&UID=0> to attend the RLG Partnership Update webinar* at 2-3:30 EST on 7 January 2010.

*         Contact Merrilee Proffit<mailto:proffitm at oclc.org> with questions.

In addition to the webinar, we'll still meet with RLG partners at ALA Midwinter in Boston for updates and discussions on various aspects of work taking place within the RLG Partnership. We'll share the details of these meetings with you in the next Weekly Update.

*After registering for this free webinar, you will receive an e-mail message that contains instructions for logging into WebEx, where you will view the meeting slides online through your Web browser (please note that WebEx recommends using Internet Explorer or Firefox, as Chrome and Safari are not supported). The audio from the meeting will be broadcast over the Internet and also via teleconference. You may listen to the audio through your computer speakers or headsets, or you can call a toll-free number to listen to it over the phone, whichever you prefer. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact us<mailto:rlg at oclc.org>.
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Program and Registration Details Available for RLG Partnership European Meeting on Special Collections, 22-23 April 2010, University of Oxford
The event program and registration details for the European Partnership Meeting, Moving the Past into the Future:  Special Collections in a Digital Age, 22-23 April 2010 at St Anne's College, University of Oxford, are now online.  At this meeting, several expert speakers from many of the top universities and archives in the US and Europe will examine these major themes: Refactoring and Reframing Collecting in a Digital Age; Doing More with Less; Special Collections and the Law; and Management of Collections: Working with Donors.
Staff from RLG Partner institutions are invited to attend and participate in provocative and informative presentations and discussion, and to engage with the future of special collections.

*         View<http://www.oclc.org/research/events/2010-04-22.htm> the event program

*         Register<https://www3.oclc.org/app/request/bin/request.asp?specialCode=2010RLGPartnershipEuropeanMeeting> to attend
Contact John MacColl<mailto:maccollj> or Merrilee Proffitt<mailto:proffitm at oclc.org> with questions or comments.
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Deadline Extended:  Special Collections and Archives Survey Responses Now Due by 8 January

In response to a flurry of last-minute requests, we are extending the deadline for our survey of special collections and archives in research and academic libraries in the U.S. and Canada until 8 January. The survey was sent to all RLG Partner representatives in the U.S. and Canada, as well as to directors of libraries in ARL, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries, the Independent Research Libraries Association, and the Oberlin Group of liberal arts colleges. We've received strong responses from members of each participating consortium, but we need many more to make the resulting data strongly meaningful.

Partial results are already interesting, and in some cases, surprising. A few examples:

 *   Percentages of online catalog records and/or archival finding aids for hidden collections have increased dramatically
 *   Use of Web 2.0 social networking technologies has taken off quite remarkably (60% have a departmental blog)
 *   Digital cameras are allowed in 90% of reading rooms
 *   Use has increased just about everywhere, particularly for archival and visual materials
 *   Most institutions permit access to uncataloged and unprocessed materials, with the exception of born-digital
 *   Two thirds have instituted "Greene/Meissner" approaches to archival processing for some materials
 *   75% have digitized some collections
 *   75% have begun acquiring born-digital materials
 *   Many budgets for special collections acquisitions increased (remarkably) in 2008/2009
 *   Education or training are most often needed in the areas of born-digital records and information technology, with intellectual property not far behind
 *   More than 40% permit interlibrary loan of reproductions only
 *   Two thirds have special collections materials stored offsite
 *   The two issues most often mentioned as major challenges are born-digital materials and lack of space
Please add your institution's perspectives and help us complete the picture of the current state of special collections and archives in North America. The survey instrument<http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/hiddencollections/survey.pdf> (pdf) is available on the OCLC Research Survey on Special Collections and Archives<http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/hiddencollections/default.htm> Web page. Please note that responses must be submitted via the e-mail link sent to each library director.

Contact Jackie Dooley<mailto:dooleyj at oclc.org> (949.492.5060, Pacific Time Zone) with questions or comments.
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