Colleagues,
As part of the roll out of Total Cost of Stewardship: Responsible Collection Building in Archives and Special Collections, OCLC Research is offering several resources to support you in implementing and adapting the framework and tool suite for use in your own institution.
Office Hours: We are hosting four open, virtual office hour sessions over the next few weeks. These will be unstructured time for you to ask any questions and get advice on using and implementing any of the tools in the tool suite. Two of the sessions are open to RLP members only, and two are open to everyone, as indicated below. Please join us!
- Thursday, May 6: 8-9am PDT/11am-noon EDT. Open to RLP members only register here
- Thursday, May 6: 1-2pm PDT/4-5pm EDT. Open to all register here
- Tuesday, May 11: 11am-noon PDT/2-3pm EDT. Open to RLP members only register here
- Wednesday, May 12: 4-5pm PDT/7-8pm EDT. Open to all register here
Tutorial Videos: We have created video tutorials for all the tools in the tool suite, which can be viewed at your convenience.
- Quick Cost Estimator – includes an overview, step by step instructions, and a walk through of a sample collection. View here
- Operational Impact Estimator – includes an overview, step by step instructions, and a walk through of a sample collection. View here
- Communication Tools – includes an overview of each tool and considerations for implementation. View here
Webinar: View our recent webinar which introduces the Total Cost of Stewardship framework, gives a brief overview of the tool suite, and offers insight on how they might be implemented and adapted to various institutional contexts, including concrete examples of how these tools have been used at Emory University's Rose Library. View here
Twitter Chat: Join our Twitter chat on May 20 at noon-1pm PDT / 3-4pm EDT / 8-9pm BST #oclc_tcos. Look for a blog post with more details about questions and how to participate on Hanging Together soon.
We hope you will find these resources useful.
Thank you,
Chela
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Chela Weber
Sr Program Officer
OCLC Research
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