Virtual event for librarians: what can the OED do for your library users? @OxfordLanguages
Virtual event for librarians: what can the OED do for your library users?  @OxfordLanguages
Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Are you a librarian considering an OED subscription for your institution (or wondering whether you should have your subscription renewed)?

Watch a tour of the OED site and learn how it can transform academic research with its wealth of resources, meeting and anticipating user needs, and bringing value to academic work.

• The new site layout and features
• How the OED empowers academic research
• Case studies – the OED applied to academic research

This event happened in two sessions, and here are the Q&A time for each of them:

Q&A from Session 1:
youtu.be/VTvoCqONUPI

Q&A from Session 2:
youtu.be/cE5I8Q-i1gM

If you would like to know more about institutional OED subscriptions, please visit: oed.com/information/purchasing/institutional-subscriptions
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Virtual event for librarians: what can the OED do for your library users?

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