Library consortia : models for collaboration and sustainability

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This collection of essays covers the history, current landscape, management, critical trends, and key services that define today's library consortium. These consortia are as varied as they libraries they serve, and this book give examples from many different types and sizes of organizations.

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ISBN:

9780838912188
0838912184

Description:

ix, 202 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Library consortia overview / Valerie Horton
The consortial landscape / Greg Pronevitz
Managing consortia / Valerie Horton
Consortia services / Valerie Horton
Discovery, E-content delivery, and resource sharing / Tracey Leger-Hornby and Greg Pronevitz
Physical delivery : future and present / Lori Bowen Ayre and Greg Pronevitz
Case study 1: Online instruction / Jennifer Hootman, Matt Lee, and Mary Parker
Case study 2: The Enki experiment : library E-book consortia system / Linda Crowe and Heather Teysko
Case study 3: Statewide E-book project for multitype libraries in Massachusetts / Deborah Hoadley
Case study 4: Article licensing information availability service (ALIAS) / Mark Sullivan
Case study 5: Embracing wide deals (interconsortial licensing) / Ann Okerson
Case study 6: Open SUNY Textbook program / Cyril Oberlander
Case study 7: Interstate library delivery / Kathleen Drozd
Case study 8: Open-source Integrated Library Systems: a consortial implementation of Evergreen / Randy Dykhuis
Case study 9: Open-source software and consortium governance structure / Vicki Teal Lovely
Case study 10: Vendor-based shared integrated library systems / Jeanine F. Gatzke and Belinda E. Lawrence
Case study 11: Enhancing access to history : collaborative digital initiatives / Liz Bishoff
Case study 12: Shared physical depository : the Five College Library Depository / Jay Schafer
Case study 13: 2CUL : a case study in research library shared staffing / Anne R. Kenney and James Neal
Case study 14: Human resources management : contractual staffing at a library consortium / Lisa Priebe
Case study 15: BiblioTemps : a temporary employment service for libraries in Massachusetts / Kelly Jo Woodside
Case study 16: Consortial fiscal sponsorship / Valerie Horton

LCCN:

2014016667

Control Number:

1529393

Other Authors:

Horton, Valerie, editor
Pronevitz, Greg, editor

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