http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/cdl_partner_projects/rss Recent eScholarship items from CDL and Partner Organizations - Project Publications Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:57:21 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3hz2t5jm Determining whether two bibliographic records describe the same title is fundamental to a wide range of activities essential to managing and stewarding library collections. Identifying analogous records aids in efficient cataloging, resource sharing, collection management, and preservation. The algorithms computers follow to find matching records assume an ever growing importance as libraries increasingly seek to engage with their collections in a multi-library context by sharing resources at a very large scale. Understanding how record matching is performed and the varied effects of different approaches are critical for managing collections within and across libraries. Matching algorithms for bibliographic records are essential infrastructure for several aspects of work involving Shared Book Collections. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3hz2t5jm Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Matching Algorithms Task Force Amato, Sara Bogus, Ian Cormack, Barbara Hart, Andy Machovec, George Smith, Steve Strieb, Karla van Bronkhorst, Raiden https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6xr6q38m Building a National Finding Aid Network: Final Report https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6xr6q38m Thu, 8 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Turner, Adrian Schiff, Lisa Mitchell, Catherine Waibel, Günter https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0bj150gj With the forthcoming release of new federal agency public access plans as a result of the White House Office of Science and Technology Planning (OSTP) public access guidance (“the Nelson memo”), federally-funded authors will face new requirements to deposit their scholarly publications, without an embargo, in agency-designated public access repositories. These requirements will impact authors and their institutions. Federal agencies could improve clarity for authors by adopting the Federal purpose license found in existing federal regulations as a foundation for guidance language and implementation of the Nelson memo. Specifically, the Federal purpose license states that, “The Federal awarding agency reserves a royalty-free, nonexclusive and irrevocable right to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the work for Federal purposes, and to authorize others to do so. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0bj150gj Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 University of California Authors Alliance https://escholarship.org/uc/item/90k6w2wf <p>This report details the methods and findings from a quantitative analysis of a corpus of EAD encoded collection descriptions provided by current regional finding aid aggregators in the US. The analysis sought to assess current EAD data as raw material for building a finding aid aggregation by looking for common elements and data structures present in the data and probing for gaps that could impede user discovery of archival collections.  </p><p>From 2020–2023, OCLC conducted research as a partner on Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN), an IMLS-supported research and demonstration project to build the foundation for a national archival finding aid network to address the inconsistency and inequity of the current archival discovery landscape (LG-246349-OLS-20). The project was led by California Digital Library (CDL), with partners at OCLC, the University of Virginia Library, Shift Collective, and Chain Bridge Group.</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/90k6w2wf Fri, 26 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Washburn, Bruce Proffitt, Merrilee Weber, Chela Scott https://escholarship.org/uc/item/81s9129f <p>OCLC conducted a series of focus group interviews with archivists and archives administrators from across the United States to investigate the needs of archivists and others who might contribute to a national archival aggregator for the Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) grant. This report details the methods and findings from those focus group interviews and examines the needs of archives and archivists related to describing the collections in their care and contributing description to an archival aggregation. </p><p>From 2020–2023, OCLC conducted research as a partner on Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN), an IMLS-supported research and demonstration project to build the foundation for a national archival finding aid network to address the inconsistency and inequity of the current archival discovery landscape (LG-246349-OLS-20). The project was led by California Digital Library (CDL), with partners at OCLC, the University of Virginia Library, Shift... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/81s9129f Fri, 26 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Weber, Chela Scott Proffitt, Merrilee Langa, Lesley A. Connaway, Lynn Silipigni Brannon, Brittany Doyle, Brooke https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7hn3m08f <p>This report details methods and summarizes findings from semi-structured individual interviews with end users of archival aggregation for the Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) grant. It focuses on their information needs and information seeking behavior related to searching and accessing primary source material, and their interactions with archival aggregators.&nbsp; </p><p>From 2020–2023, OCLC conducted research as a partner on Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN), an IMLS-supported research and demonstration project to build the foundation for a national archival finding aid network to address the inconsistency and inequity of the current archival discovery landscape (LG-246349-OLS-20). The project was led by California Digital Library (CDL), with partners at OCLC, the University of Virginia Library, Shift Collective, and Chain Bridge Group</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7hn3m08f Fri, 26 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Weber, Chela Scott Carbajal, Itza A. Langa, Lesley A. Connaway, Lynn Silipigni Doyle, Brooke Brannon, Brittany Proffitt, Merrilee https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5qp9z6tb <p>This report summarizes the findings from a national survey of more than 3300 end users searching for archival materials online for the Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) grant. The survey captures data about search behavior and information needs along with demographic characteristics from a cross section of online users.</p><p>From 2020–2023, OCLC conducted research as a partner on Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN), an IMLS-supported research and demonstration project to build the foundation for a national archival finding aid network to address the inconsistency and inequity of the current archival discovery landscape (LG-246349-OLS-20). The project was led by California Digital Library (CDL), with partners at OCLC, the University of Virginia Library, Shift Collective, and Chain Bridge Group.</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5qp9z6tb Fri, 26 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Langa, Lesley A. Weber, Chela Scott Connaway, Lynn Silipigni https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3tv1m5xj <p>This report contextualizes and synthesizes the findings from across all OCLC’s research activities on the Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) grant, with a focus on how findings relate to future phases of work on the NAFAN project.&nbsp;The findings indicate that there is significant value to be drawn from a national aggregation of archival description. They also identify challenges that must be overcome to build the community of participation that a national finding aid aggregation will require to be sustainable.&nbsp;</p><p>From 2020–2023, OCLC conducted research as a partner on Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN), an IMLS-supported research and demonstration project to build the foundation for a national archival finding aid network to address the inconsistency and inequity of the current archival discovery landscape (LG-246349-OLS-20). The project was led by California Digital Library (CDL), with partners at OCLC, the University of Virginia Library,... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3tv1m5xj Fri, 26 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Weber, Chela Scott Connaway, Lynn Silipigni Doyle, Brooke Langa, Lesley A. Proffitt, Merrilee Washburn, Bruce Carbajal, Itza A. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g64n275 This action plan is a key deliverable of "Toward a National Finding Aid Network," a one-year planning initiative supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), administered in California by the State Librarian. The plan was prepared by a Task Force comprising representatives from the Core Partner group of aggregators, who contributed time between July-September 2019 to formulate and develop these recommendations. At the heart of the action plan are recommendations for and principles to guide next steps to implement a national-level finding aid network. The Task Force recommends a phased, incremental approach that moves this effort from a research and demonstration project to a program; is informed by a research agenda; and (from the beginning) includes work to establish business and governance models that fit the infrastructure and service model. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g64n275 Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Turner, Adrian Allison-Bunnell, Jodi Daigle, Bradley Dunham, Elizabeth Eberhart, Karen Tingle, Brian https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0kd7d5m0 This report summarizes input from participants in the "Increasing Discovery of Archives" workshop hosted by Shift Collective on December 14 and 15, 2021. It is intended to help inform the research and development phase of the National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) project led by the California Digital Library (CDL). https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0kd7d5m0 Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Shift Collective https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5sp13112 This report represents the first phase of "Toward a National Archival Finding Aid Network," a one-year planning initiative supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), administered in California by the State Librarian. The report describes the current landscape of archival description -- and in particular, finding aid aggregations -- as background for an exploration of how best to provide access to archival collections, ensure the long-term sustainability of that access, and plan for future developments in this space. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5sp13112 Fri, 1 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Allison-Bunnell, Jodi