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Cokamo: A Model For Fast, Inexpensive Interstate Delivery, Valerie Horton, Susan Burton, Franca Rosen, Lisa Priebe

Collaborative Librarianship

Shipping materials via a library courier service is much cheaper than shipping via the U.S. Postal Service. Most library delivery services are regional or state-based. This article illustrates how two separate services combined to develop the multi-state courier system COKAMO. COKAMO is moving tens of thousands of items between three states at a fraction of U.S. Postal Service rates. Within one year of implementing the system, over 57,000 items have been shipped, creating savings of over $215,000 for participating libraries. Significant changes in the behavior of interlibrary loan staff throughout the region are evidenced in statistics which show an increase …

The Physical And The Virtual: The Relationship Between Library As Place And Electronic Collections, Jennifer Gerke, Jack M. Maness

University Libraries: Faculty Scholarship

A statistical analysis of responses to a LibQUAL+™ survey at the University of Colorado at Boulder (UCB) was conducted to investigate factors related to patrons’ satisfaction with electronic collections. It was found that a respondent’s discipline was not related to his or her satisfaction with the Libraries’ electronic collection, nor was the frequency with which the respondent used the Libraries’ facilities or used commercial search engines. The factors significantly related to users’ satisfaction with electronic collections were the frequency with which they used the Libraries’ Web site, and, most interestingly, the physical library they most often visited.

The Liaison Connection Issue 3, University Of Denver, University Libraries

The Liaison Connection

Fall 2009 issue of the Library Liaison Advisory Group newsletter from the University of Denver, Penrose Library. The newsletter provides information about library collections, services, and research instruction.

The Liaison Connection Issue 2, University Of Denver, University Libraries

The Liaison Connection

Spring 2009 issue of the Library Liaison Advisory Group newsletter from the University of Denver, Penrose Library. The newsletter provides information about library collections, services, and research instruction.

Reviews Of Articles, Ivan Gaetz

Collaborative Librarianship

No abstract provided.

Moving Mountains And Crossing Rivers: A Report From The Second Conference On Library Physical Delivery, Valerie Horton

Collaborative Librarianship

This article is a summary of the second Moving Mountains Conference on the physical delivery of materials. The Conference was held in Cincinnati in September 2008. An ad hoc group of librarians involved in delivery regularly meet to discuss best practices and new applications. This article covers similarities between the logistic industry and libraries, a survey of physical delivery practitioners, and new trends in home delivery and automatic material handling systems. This article also discusses the growth of physical delivery, models of delivery, vendor relationships, and the Rethinking Resource Sharing group.

Collaboration -- No Better Time For Libraries: An Interview With Dr. Camila Alire, President-Elect, 2008-2009, American Library Association

Collaborative Librarianship

An Interview with Dr. Camila Alire.

Toolkit For Strategic Library Collaboration, Ivan Gaetz

Collaborative Librarianship

No abstract provided.

Perspectives On Peer Support For Tenure-Track Librarians: The Annual “Juniors’” Retreat At Stony Brook University, Susan P. Lieberthal

Collaborative Librarianship

The non-tenured faculty at Stony Brook University Libraries has implemented an annual one-day retreat which includes presentations, posters of research in progress, group activities, and a discussion of current library issues. The retreats have inspired junior faculty members and assisted them in forming a supportive network of peer mentoring for guidance through the tenure process.

Hegemony Of The West And The Librarian’S Role In The Struggle Against Hiv/Aids In Africa, Emy Nelson Decker

Collaborative Librarianship

Africa needs information about HIV/AIDS. Librarian activists have a duty to organize, repackage, and circulate HIV/AIDS information. Unfortunately, this has led in some cases to an unintentional assertion of cultural hegemony, which operates invisibly to those who are part of the “dominant” or “dominating” culture. Unexamined assumptions of “superiority” have led to a bias that the West possesses the only correct method for codifying knowledge. The West cannot appropriately evaluate the successes or failures of HIV/AIDS education in Africa if it employs only American or Western ideas, categories, and sensibilities. This is detrimental to African people and cultures lacking the …

Collaborative Tools Used To Organize A Library Camp Unconference, Laura Crossett, Joseph R. Kraus, Steve Lawson

Collaborative Librarianship

From July to October, 2008, Laura Crossett, Joseph Kraus and Steve Lawson organized the Library Camp of the West (http://librarycampwest.pbwiki.com/). This was an unconference that took place on October 10, 2008 at the University of Denver. The authors used many technology tools to organize the event, such as email, wikis, blogs, two tools from Google, the Doodle scheduling Website, Flickr and more. This article will explain how they used those tools to prepare for the unconference.

Could Your Library Courier Benefit From A Courier Management System?, Lisa Priebe

Collaborative Librarianship

For most people the acronym CMS refers to a system that manages website content updates. However, for those who use Quipu Group’s Library2Library software the term refers to a courier management system.

Reviews Of Articles And Chapters, Ivan Gaetz

Collaborative Librarianship

No abstract provided.

Escaping The Island Of Lost Faculty: Collaboration As A Means Of Visibility, Anthony J. Fonseca, Van P. Viator

Collaborative Librarianship

Academic librarians are often physically and intellectually isolated at their institutions, and they need to accept much of the blame. Professional literature shows that librarians continue to argue against the responsibilities of tenure, despite the fact that in two of the three usual rubrics of tenure and promotion—namely publication and service—the expectations for both teaching faculty and librarians are generally the same. In addition, academic librarians will not be treated equally unless they begin to think and work outside of the physical academic library. This article argues for a multidisciplinary approach to academic librarianship, with an emphasis on collaboration as …

Research Library Collaboration In Colorado – The Birth And Early Evolution Of Carl, The Colorado Alliance Of Research Libraries, Steven Fisher

Collaborative Librarianship

The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (CARL) was a pioneering library consortium that evolved from a small informal group of research library directors known as the “Taskforce for Interlibrary Cooperation” in the early 1970s. Early projects included shared acquisitions funding, a union list of serials, and a shared public access catalog. Drawing upon published sources, unpublished primary sources, archival records and personal interviews with early participants, this article provides an account of the key individuals of the organization, the technological innovations of CARL, and its legacy within the library community.

Collaboration Matters, Nicole C. Engard

Collaborative Librarianship

During the last year I have been working with an amazing group of librarians/writers on a book entitled Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data [http://mashups.web2learning.net]. I mention this not as an advertisement (although it is nice to have some free advertising), but because it has been a fantastic collaborative learning experience for me.

New Books From Old, Reprise - Project Ibid & The Power Of Ideas, Mitchell Davis

Collaborative Librarianship

Mitchell Davis was invited by Collaborative Librarianship to contribute through a regular column his insights and perspectives on the general conversation on where libraries are headed, how they are valued by their communities and how they can constructively unlock that value over the coming years in ways that stay true to their mission.

Review Of The Campus Collaborative Tools Strategy At Uc Berkeley, Beth Filar Williams

Collaborative Librarianship

Collaboration tools are becoming popular across campuses. Many institutions are struggling with how to provide support for the multitude of diverse, ever-changing, often open source programs that are frequently used “to fly under the radar” of campus IT protocols. Scores of collaborative tool choices exist, but many are fragmented and unmanageable.

Volunteer Voices: Tennessee’S Collaborative Digitization Program, Tiffani Reneau Conner, Ken Middleton, Andy Carter, Melanie Feltner-Reichert

Collaborative Librarianship

This article provides an overview of Volunteer Voices, Tennessee’s statewide digitization program. The authors focus on the three-year Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grant that provided the foundation for future growth of the digitization program. In addition to an overview of the content selection, metadata issues, software selection, digital preservation, and K-12 education emphasis of the grant project, the article includes a detailed description of the work done by the digitization and content specialists from across the state who selected and scanned items. The article concludes with a look at post-grant efforts to promote the sustainability …

A Partnership Approach To Multi-Campus Library Services, Min Tong, Cynthia Kisby

Collaborative Librarianship

With more than 50,000 students taking courses at twelve campus locations as well as online, the University of Central Florida (UCF) is one of the ten largest universities in the United States, based on enrollment. This multi-campus university system uses strategic integration of physical and virtual assets to deliver regional library services. Partnership agreements govern operations and service issues across all library functions, including collection development, cataloging, and interlibrary loan. In this environment, an organizational culture that fosters team building, flexibility, training, and all varieties of communication, and one that includes a strategic integration of new technology to improve channels …

An Iconoclast’S View Of Collaboration, Valerie Horton

Collaborative Librarianship

Collaborative Librarianship has an impressive Advisory Board, none more so than the brilliant, original, and always challenging Stephen Abram. Abram has a long and distinguished career as illustrated by the biography below, but it isn’t just his achievements that set Abram apart. He is a strong supporter of library cooperation and rethinking our profession. He is also fearlessness in confronting our sacred cows and hidebound thinking. At conferences, his audiences come away with Abram’s clear voice echoing a sober but potentially bright future for libraries; and occasionally they leave angry, stirred up by his bold willingness to tackle controversial topics.

Nellco’S Universal Search Solution: A Report On A Nasig 2009 Conference Session, Barbara M. Pope

Collaborative Librarianship

This article summarizes a session at the 24th Annual North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Conference held in Asheville, NC on June 6, 2009. The presenter for the session, Roberta F. Woods of Franklin Pierce Law Center, gave the history behind the New England Law Library Consortium (NELLCO) development of an alternative to a federated search engine that they dubbed Universal Search Solution. The search tool helped the consortia libraries to resolve their problem of underutilized resources.

Tough Economic Times Call For More Library Cooperation: Report On A Wyoming And Colorado Alliance Conference, Jeffrey Bullington, Janet Lee

Collaborative Librarianship

On April 10, 2009, the Alliance, a consortium of academic, public and special libraries in Colorado and Wyoming, convened a conference on “Cooperation: How to Thrive Despite Reduced Funding.” Drawing on the expertise of national and state leaders in the fields of education and economics, conference participants heard from two keynote speakers about the changing environment of libraries and educational institutions. Referencing these changes, then, various local librarians explored ways collaboratively to advance library resources and services. An overview of these conference presentations perhaps may help libraries and their partners in other regions of the United States and elsewhere gain …

Open Access, Sustainability And Helping The Kids, Mitchell Davis

Collaborative Librarianship

At the end of the day, all we really have are words and language. In the field of human endeavor, anything starts with words -- spoken or thought -- that form the concepts of what we want to do (typically succeed, survive, etc.) or avoid (typically pain, failure, etc.). We live entirely within the context of the language we choose to use.

Review Of Library Technology Reports: Collaboration 2.0, Alison Hicks

Collaborative Librarianship

Review of:

Library Technology Reports, May 2009 (Volume 45 Issue 4)

Collaboration Matters: A Quarterly Column, Nicole C. Engard

Collaborative Librarianship

Four years ago I finished my first major project for a library, an intranet complete with the ability for the entire staff to edit pages, contribute content and collaborate together virtually. I was so excited about this development, that I not only encouraged the staff to use the intranet for every bit of their day-to-day work, but I also started finding other ways that librarians could collaborate together more efficiently using technology. For this reason, when the Collaborative Librarianship staff approached me with the offer of writing this column, I made the logical decision and started writing.

Michigan Evergreen: Implementing A Shared Open Source Integrated Library System, Randy Dykhuis

Collaborative Librarianship

In 2008, seven Michigan public libraries migrated to Evergreen, an open source integrated library system developed by the George Public Library Service. The Michigan Library Consortium and Grand Rapids Public Library provided the support, training, networking, and system administration for the system. This article examines the reasons for implementing an open source system and the challenges to running and sustaining it.

An Expanding Vision Of Collaboration, Ivan Gaetz

Collaborative Librarianship

This month I am rereading for a book club I attend Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast. One chapter speaks about his trepidation at beginning a new story and how he found comfort in the fact that all he needed to do to begin was to “write one true sentence.” In the field of librarianship today, I would have to say that that sentence would express the growing importance of collaboration and the fact that an ever expanding vision of collaboration comes into view.

About Icolc And The Icolc Statement On The Global Economic Crisis And Its Impact On Consortial Licenses, Jeffrey Bullington

Collaborative Librarianship

The International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) and its role in library consortial approaches to content acquisition is briefly explained. A copy of its most recent statement on the global economic crisis and the resulting implications for libraries’ budgets is also provided.

Collaboration The Open Source Way, Nicole C. Engard

Collaborative Librarianship

As you may already know, I am extremely active in the open source community. I recently was given the opportunity to work for not one, but two amazing library open source support companies at the same time. These two companies, ByWater Solutions (http://bywatersolutions.com) and BibLibre (http://biblibre.com) decided to have me work in collaboration with the two of them simply because that’s what open source is all about – collaboration.