Bookshelves in a library.

How are libraries and publishing changing in an increasingly digital world?

Our research and advisory projects reexamine the nature of work within research libraries, archives, and cultural heritage organizations while supporting the dissemination and preservation of scholarship.

Assessing and expanding collections

We partner with libraries to help them build more comprehensive, diverse, and inclusive collections and enhance their services to better meet the needs of patrons.

Tracking the perspectives of archives, library, and museum directors

How are the leaders of cultural heritage organizations and collections adapting to change? Through large scale surveys we gather insight on the challenges they face and opportunities they are exploring. Insights from these national surveys help archives, library, and museum leaders plan for the future and benchmark against peer institutions and inform the strategic directions of funders and service providers.

Evaluating preservation initiatives and tools

We collaborate with a variety of libraries, universities, and cultural institutions to assess their efforts to preserve and protect their valuable collections and resources for the future, evaluating digital preservation tools, systems, and more.

Supporting scholarly communication

Scholarly communication is the process through which research products and outputs are created, assessed, improved, shared, disseminated, and preserved in a variety of modes including through formal and informal publications, conferences, and other academic networking methods. We collaborate with publishers, scholarly societies, and libraries to assess and improve the shared infrastructure—composed of standards, platforms, technologies, and policies—that underpins the scholarly communication ecosystem.