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| Overview of our mission and work |
Our mission
RLG Programs supports research institutions in collaboratively designing the future. RLG Programs works with and for its partner organizations, enhancing their ability to support research in all its forms.
Who we are
RLG Programs comprises nearly 150 partners,
including
research libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural memory
institutions. Our global partnership has remarkable collections for
research, teaching and learning.
Originally founded in 1974 by The New York Public Library and
Columbia, Harvard, and Yale universities, RLG Programs became part of
OCLC in July 2006. The resulting organization is becoming the leading
venue for applied research, community building and prototyping of
systems and services that support research and learning.
RLG Programs is funded in part through annual partner affiliation dues
and works closely with a Program
Council and the RLG
Committee of the
OCLC Board of Trustees. It is headquartered in Mountain View,
California.
What we do
RLG Programs supports research institutions in
collaboratively designing the future.
RLG Programs works with and for
its partner organizations, enhancing their ability to support research
in all its forms.
RLG Programs staff engage in a wide variety of activities in support of our mission and work agenda, including:
- convening
groups of experts
- building communities
- building consensus on shared
challenges
- prototyping innovative information tools and services
- organizing collaborative initiatives, and
- taking an active role in creating
and promoting relevant standards and practices.
Read, download, or print our 2006 prospectus
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