# /research/staff/lavoie.xml

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        <P>I joined OCLC Research in 1996. Since that time, I have worked on a variety of projects, ranging from the development of OCLC's Four-Figure Cutter Tables and automated cuttering tools, to analyzing the structure and content of the World Wide Web. </P>
    <P>My current research interests include analysis of aggregate collections, economic issues associated with information and the provision of information services, service models and frameworks for libraries, and digital preservation. I am a member of the PREMIS Editorial Committee.</P>
    <H3>Pride and joy</H3>
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    <LI><A href="lavoie/vita_mario1.JPG">Vita and Mario by the lake</A> (jpg: 1.3MB)
    <LI><A href="lavoie/vita_mario2.JPG">Vita and Mario at the dog park</A> (jpg: 1.3MB) </LI></UL>
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    <LI>Aggregate Collections
    <LI><A href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis">PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata</A>
    <LI><A href="http://www.diglib.org/architectures/serviceframe/">Digital Library Federation Service Framework Working Group</A> </LI></UL>
        <P><STRONG><EM>Recent</EM></STRONG></P>
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    <LI>&ldquo;The Fifth Blackbird: Some Thoughts on Economically Sustainable Digital Preservation." 2008. <EM>D-Lib Magazine</EM>, 14,3/4 (March/April). Available online at: <A href="http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march08/lavoie/03lavoie.html">www.dlib.org/dlib/march08/lavoie/03lavoie.html.</A>
    <LI>"An 'Artful' Analysis of the Rich Holdings of Four Museum Libraries." 2008. With G&uuml;nter Waibel. <EM>NextSpace</EM>, 8 (February): 18-19. Available online at: <A href="http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/008/research.htm">www.oclc.org/nextspace/008/research.htm</A>.
    <LI>"Mapping WorldCat's Digital Landscape." 2007. With Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Edward T. O'Neill. <EM>Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS)</EM>, 51,2 (April): 106-115. E-print available online at: <A href="../publications/archive/2007/lavoie-lrts.pdf" target=_blank>http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/archive/2007/lavoie-lrts.pdf</A> (.pdf: 95.7K/30 pp.).</LI></UL><STRONG><EM>Complete</EM></STRONG>
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    <LI><A href="lavoie/publications.htm">HTML</A></LI></UL>
        <P><STRONG><EM>Recent</EM></STRONG></P>
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    <LI><A href="../presentations/lavoie/20070604-rlgpapm.ppt" target=_blank><STRONG>Prospecting in the Library Data Mines</STRONG></A> <SPAN class=small>(.ppt: 451K/9 slides)</SPAN><BR><A href="http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=21023">RLG Programs 2007 Annual Partners Meeting</A>, 4 June 2007, Washington, DC (USA)
    <LI><A href="../presentations/lavoie/20070601-acrlnec.ppt" target=_blank><STRONG>The Tale of the Library Long Tail: Space, Collections, and the Network</STRONG></A> <SPAN class=small>(.ppt: 891K/23 slides)</SPAN><BR>ACRL/NEC Annual Conference, 1 June 2007, Waltham, Massachusetts (USA)
    <LI><A href="../presentations/lavoie/nelinet2006.ppt" target=_blank><STRONG>Anatomy of Aggregate Collections: Exploring Mass Digitization and the Collective Collection</STRONG></A> <SPAN class=small>(.ppt: 695K/19 slides)</SPAN><BR><A href="http://www.nelinet.net/">NELINET</A>, 21 September 2006, Southborough, Massachusetts (USA) </LI></UL>
    <P><STRONG><EM><A href="lavoie/presentations.htm">Complete</A></EM></STRONG></P>
        Brian Lavoie, Ph. D.
        Research Scientist

        <A href="mailto:lavoie@oclc.org">lavoie@oclc.org</A>
        +1-614-764-4399

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