Where Are Library Consortia Where Are Library Consortia Going?Going?
UK Serials Group (UKSG)Annual Conference in Torquay, England
April 1, 2009Katherine A. Perry
VIVA Director
““The history of library cooperation is The history of library cooperation is as long as the history of ‘professional’ as long as the history of ‘professional’
librarianship in America.”librarianship in America.”
--Adrian W. Alexander, “Toward ‘The Perfection of Work’: Library --Adrian W. Alexander, “Toward ‘The Perfection of Work’: Library Consortia in the Digital Age.” Journal of Library Administration, Consortia in the Digital Age.” Journal of Library Administration, 28 (2) 1999, p 1-14.28 (2) 1999, p 1-14.
Brief History of Consortia
• 1876 ALA created the Committee on Cooperation in Indexing and Cataloguing College Libraries
• 1901 First regional union catalog at the California State Library
• 1898 University of California librarian’s statement on reciprocal borrowing
• 1907 Library of Congress issued an InterLibrary Loan policy
• 1913-14 Northwestern U organized First South American “expedition” for cooperative purchasing
Statewide Consortia
• 1987 Ohio started a statewide catalog service
• 1990 OhioLINK offered first 4 databases• 1994 VIVA (Virginia)• 1995 Galileo (Georgia)• 1997 California Digital Library• Many others
International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC)
http://www.library.yale.edu/
consortia/
135 Consortia in ICOLC 2000
90 in USA
45 in rest of the world
211 Consortia in ICOLC 2008
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ICOLC
In 2000 --135 consortia90 consortia in the USA45 consortia in 21 other countries
In 2009 -- 211 consortia129 consortia in North America82 consortia in 41 other countries
““Consortia are like snowflakes, Consortia are like snowflakes, each one is unique”– each one is unique”– Merryll Penson, GalileoMerryll Penson, Galileo
42 Consortial Responses
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“Flat is the new ‘Up’”
--Tom Sanville, OhioLINK
Importance of Budget Management
Importance of Electronic Collections Licensing
Importance of Digital Initiatives
Importance of Catalogs
Importance of InterLibrary Loan
Importance of Training
Importance of Scholarly Communication
Importance of Print Collections
Importance of Research Projects
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