OCLC Research has announced that it is conducting a survey on innovation trends and priorities in research libraries, in partnership with the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL). The survey is being sent to library directors at 31 institutions in Canada.
The survey aims to gain intelligence regarding trends, capacities and priorities within the research library community. This will help CARL, OCLC and the OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) to identify strategic opportunities and may reveal areas for possible future collaborations between the partnering organisations. This will inform future joint activities between OCLC and the research library community in Canada and scope the opportunity space for OCLC Research and the RLP.
This survey follows a similar survey that was sent to library directors at 238 institutions in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Spain, France, and Italy in 2017. OCLC Research will also survey research libraries in Australia and New Zealand, under a partnership with the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL).
OCLC Research will be responsible for administering and analysing the survey results and will share findings with CARL for dissemination to its members. In addition, OCLC Research will share the data gathered in this survey, so that others can make their own interpretations.
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