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Best Practices For U.S. Academic Library Consortia, Judi Guzzy
Best Practices For U.S. Academic Library Consortia, Judi Guzzy
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U.S. Academic Library Consortia: A Review, Judith E. Guzzy
U.S. Academic Library Consortia: A Review, Judith E. Guzzy
Sabbatical Projects
Few libraries are strangers to the concept of library consortia – institutional groups that collaborate to purchase software, systems, electronic resources, or other information‐sharing products and services. Most academic libraries are members of at least one consortium, and many belong to multiple consortia. However, consortia vary widely in the services they offer and in how they are structured. This project, carried out in the fall of 2009, focused on a review of academic library consortia that:
(A) Included two‐year colleges, either exclusively or as part of a joint consortial arrangement with four‐year colleges and universities; and
(B) Purchased or licensed …