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Resource Sharing Begins At Home: Opportunities For Library Partnerships On A University Campus, Robert A. Seal
Resource Sharing Begins At Home: Opportunities For Library Partnerships On A University Campus, Robert A. Seal
University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Typical discussions of academic library resource sharing focus on activities between and among institutions: interlibrary loan, reciprocal borrowing, document delivery, group acquisitions, etc. But there is another equally important type of cooperation, i.e. working with other campus units to provide better service, more convenience, and enhanced resources for library users. Sometimes referred to as campus collaboration or convergence, this activity also advances institutional priorities, in particular that of student success. Library partners include information technology services, student development, writing centers, academic departments, and centers for teaching excellence, among others. This paper explores these relationships, their advantages and disadvantages, goals, the …
The Intangible Benefits Of International Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal
The Intangible Benefits Of International Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal
University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Presentation from Second China/US Conference on Libraries in Flushing, NY, August 2001.
Erasing Boundaries: Global Resource Sharing In The 21st Century, Robert A. Seal
Erasing Boundaries: Global Resource Sharing In The 21st Century, Robert A. Seal
University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Academic libraries have long been accustomed to participating in cooperative ventures with neighboring institutions as well as with those in other regions of their country. In large part, such activities have grown out of a desire to reduce or control costs, as well as to provide users with a broader base of materials for research, study, and teaching. Because not even a well-developed national library is able to fulfill all its users' needs all the time, today's university libraries must depend upon one another to fulfill those needs. For many decades, the resource sharing tradition has been particularly strong among …
The U.S.-Mexico Interlibrary Loan Project, Robert A. Seal
The U.S.-Mexico Interlibrary Loan Project, Robert A. Seal
University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Initiated in the fall of 1989, the U.S.-Mexico Interlibrary Loan Project is a cooperative effort providing for the formal exchange of books, photocopies, and microforms between libraries in the Southwest United States and Mexico City. The 25 U.S. participants are all members of the AMIGOS Bibliographic Council and are primarily academic libraries. The Mexican collaborators include six libraries at private colleges and universities and the Benjamin Franklin Library of the United States Information Service. The University Library of the University of Texas at El Paso coordinates the program, the first of its kind between the United States and its neighbor …