Constance Malpas

The IFLA Information Futures Summit is coming up in Brisbane, Australia -- a great opportunity to connect with library and information sector colleagues from around the world. Join me there! #IIFS2024 2024.ifla.org/registration

Multiple paths to Open library infrastructure hangingtogether.org/multiple-paths… -- the latest installment in a series of posts on the Open landscape.

@DevinFitzger Ok if colleague follows up by email to your ucla address? (Congrats on new gig, btw!)

@DevinFitzger Hi Devin...former RLG-er here :-) Just wanted to reassure you that records from the Chinese Rare Book Catalog project did make it into WorldCat. I can put you in touch with a colleague who can provide more details, if you like? Feel free to DM me.

What a treat to reconnect with @denoshea and reminisce about old times @NYAMHistory and NN/LM MAR #ALAAC23

@mbreeding @lisacarlucci In my (lengthy ;-) intro I referenced a series of blog posts on the complex 'Open' landscape in which libraries are operating -- hangingtogether.org/tag/OPEN/ -- extensible/interoperable/open library technology is part of this broad, sometimes blurry space.

I enjoyed the discussion at @mbreeding #alaexecpanel #ALAAC23 with @lisacarlucci, Sebastian Hammer, and Tom Jacobson. Great to have questions directly from the audience!

@TAC_NISO thanks for live-tweeting Marshall's panel session :-)

Malpas: OCLC has sought to develop and cultivate the community of developers who engage with the tools that OCLC provides. What started out as an informal group, now it is much more operational and embedded with dedicated staff #ALAAC23

This panel includes Tom Jacobson @ExLibrisGroup, Lisa Carlucci @EquinoxOLI, Constance Malpas @OCLC, Sebastian Hammer @indexdata #alaac23

Some reflections on @OCLC Research's recent work on library collaboration. There is an incredibly rich record of libraries acting collectively from which to draw lessons, guidance, and inspiration for future collaborations. hangingtogether.org/library-collab…

« Girophares », la plateforme collaborative des Archives nationales …s.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr

Open everything, everywhere, all at once, by Constance Malpas @ConstanceM ( first in a series of blog posts exploring the evolving Open landscape, library roles and OCLC’s place within it.) / Hanging Together @OCLC hangingtogether.org/open-everythin…

"The moral of the story? Partnering decisions informed by collections and resource sharing data analysis are more likely to be successful and mutually beneficial." Great blog post from my colleague @SHARESGuy blog.oclc.org/next/how-resou…

#SustainingArtResearch Collections: Case Studies in Collaboration is a 🆕 report from #OCLCresearch that offers recommendations for building strong collaborations based on real-life examples.  ⤵️ Read the report here. oc.lc/3KKmUYM

@OCLC Research hosts a blog, and I'll be blogging about #EFSForum there in the coming weeks. I invite you to subscribe to follow our thought leadership re: libraries, #RIM / #CRIS, #RDM, #socialinteroperability, #metadata, & much more @ hangingtogether.org

@thomasgpadilla Your view is that the latter category is the more 'legible'/impactful one today? Or are you saying there is some difference of opinions in favor of infra dev vs. workflow support?

Some excellent insights here on the value technologists bring to library leadership -- especially in an environment where there is a new energy around 'build' options and expectations for interoperability, with many benefits/tradeoffs to be weighed. lorcandempsey.net/technology-is-…

"Librarians have so many internal, external, local, regional, national and international alliances, associations, coalitions, consortia, federations and other networks that they are finding it hard to track all their [...] partnerships." buff.ly/3ZBlBl9

Perennial threats to library funding stunt our great cities ft.com/content/518992…

@martin_eve Great to see that you are taking up this project. Will you be using your blog (or maybe the CrossRef blog?) to provide updates? Curious to know if you arrived at a prioritization of the 5 areas you outlined in December...

Day 1 at Crossref and I began work on a question that I've wondered about for ages: what proportion of journal articles assigned a Crossref DOI are digitally preserved in a mainstream archive, as required by the PILA agreement?

@OCLC And on a personal note, Chandra was a warm and welcoming colleague when I joined the #OCLCResearch team back in...yikes...2006!

Chandra worked on a remarkably broad range of research topics @OCLC from characterizing the attributes of 'last copies', to user studies, to library marketing and strategic planning and much in between. Find links to many of her publications (1986-) here: oclc.org/research/publi…