Cooperative Collection Development in Consortia
From:
Andree Rathemacher <andree_at_uri.edu>
PLEASE FORGIVE THE CROSS-POSTING:
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?
and send your answers to me directly:
andree_at_uri.edu <mailto:andree_at_uri.edu>
Many thanks in advance,
--Andrée
Andrée Rathemacher
Associate Professor
Head, Acquisitions
University Libraries, University of Rhode Island
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
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Received on Fri Oct 09 2009 - 03:03:59 EDT