The HELIN Consortium of libraries is investigating cooperative collection development plans within consortia, in particular, ones which use a vendor to profile the collecting needs of the participating libraries and deliver titles to the libraries without the need for firm orders. If your library participates in such a venture, would you please respond to the following
questions:
1-- What consortium are you in?
2-- How many libraries participate in the cooperative collection development/approval plan?
3-- What vendor do you use?
4-- What are the advantages of doing this for your library?
5-- What are the disadvantages?
6-- What are the 'roadblocks' to doing this successfully?
Please send your answers to me directly at:
normd_at_providence.edu
Norman Desmarais
Acquisitions Librarian
Phillips Memorial Library
Providence College
Providence, RI 02918
401-865-2241
401-865-2823 (fax)
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Received on Sun Oct 11 2009 - 15:30:48 EDT