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Taking Shared Print To The Next Level: The Partnership For Shared Book Collections, Matthew I. Revitt, Susan Stearns, Kirsten Leonard

Library Staff Publications

Article on introducing the Partnership for Shared Book Collections a federation of shared print programs in North America.

Shared Print Agreements For Monographs: A User's Manual, Matthew Revitt

Library Staff Publications

The document is presented in sections which reflect the different ingredients we consider are required for a successful shared print initiative. Each section discusses issues that shared print initiatives should consider and offers advice regarding addressing this issue. Alongside this (in italics) are the Maine Shared Collection Strategy’s own experiences in negotiating these issues, including the decisions we made and the alternatives we decided against.

The first section, “Shared Print Objectives”, discusses the need for shared print initiatives to determine their objectives, so that everyone involved is pulling in the same direction. Having agreed objectives, the next section, “Membership”, describes …