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What Library Collaboration Means To Me: Perspectives From An Academic Consortium Director, George Machovec
What Library Collaboration Means To Me: Perspectives From An Academic Consortium Director, George Machovec
Collaborative Librarianship
Collaboration among libraries is the central tenet of modern library consortia. A number of underlying principles are crucial in effective consortial efforts and include the attitudes of library management and staff, putting resources towards collaborative efforts, the need for active participation, and a proactive effort to build a community based on trust relationships. The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries was built on these concepts and continues to thrive after 40 years.
The Pivot: Phase 2 Of 2cul Technical Services Integration, Kate Harcourt, Jim Leblanc
The Pivot: Phase 2 Of 2cul Technical Services Integration, Kate Harcourt, Jim Leblanc
Collaborative Librarianship
The Columbia and Cornell University Libraries’ partnership (2CUL) is now in its fifth year. Its composite acronym (2CUL), which condenses a doubling of the two participating libraries’ initial letters, summarizes both vision and mission: a broad integration of library activities in a number of areas – including collection development, acquisitions and cataloging, e-resources and digital management, and digital preservation, and reciprocal onsite use of collections. A key component of the partnership is 2CUL Technical Services Integration (TSI), an initiative funded by a generous three-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to plan for the merger of technical services operations. …
Improving The Effectiveness Of Librarian-Faculty Collaboration On Library Collection Development, Lan Shen
Improving The Effectiveness Of Librarian-Faculty Collaboration On Library Collection Development, Lan Shen
Collaborative Librarianship
Librarian-faculty relations are essential to library collection development. This paper discusses, first of all, the reasons for the customary disconnect between librarians and faculty in light of their different priorities, visions, expertise, and status. In an attempt to bridge the librarian-faculty separation, a horizontal strategy is proposed focusing on financial collaborations between the library and other academic departments on campus, such as adopting the balanced budget, fair and rotated resource allocation, and prioritized investment through providing a General Reserve Fund. A vertical strategy is also proposed defined as an organizational and professional partnership through three different vertical levels, namely, the …
Innovation Through Collaboration – The Orbis Cascade Alliance Shared Library Management Services Experience: An Interview With John F. Helme, John F. Helmer, Stephen Bosch, Chris Sugnet, J. Cory Tucker
Innovation Through Collaboration – The Orbis Cascade Alliance Shared Library Management Services Experience: An Interview With John F. Helme, John F. Helmer, Stephen Bosch, Chris Sugnet, J. Cory Tucker
Collaborative Librarianship
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