Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has announced that it will host a free webinar titled 'Managing Collections in the Networked Environment: New Analytic Approaches', on September 9, 2010, at 2 p.m. EDT. Program Officer Constance Malpas and a panel of young library leaders will present a lively discussion about the role of data analysis in library collection management. Staff from three RLG Partner institutions will share insights from research that is reshaping preservation, access and management practices at Columbia University, the University of Michigan and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Featured projects include a longitudinal analysis of circulation trends at Columbia that is informing off-site storage transfers; a study of post-digitisation use of print collections at the University of Michigan; and a project to streamline preservation workflows at UCLA by automating selected aspects of risk assessment. Zack Lane from Columbia University, Helen Look from the University of Michigan, and Jake Nadal of the University of California, Los Angeles, will describe how these projects were designed and executed, and share their experiences in developing new institutional capacity for data-driven analyses.
While Webinar participation is free, advanced registration is required. This webinar will be recorded and made available on the OCLC website and in iTunes.
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