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Library consortia : models for collaboration and sustainability / [edited by] Valerie Horton and Greg Pronevitz.

Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2015.

ix, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

This collection of essays covers the history, current landscape, management, critical trends, and key services that define today's library consortium. These consortia are as varied as they libraries they serve, and this book give examples from many different types and sizes of organizations.

Library cooperation -- United States.

Library cooperation -- United States -- Case studies.

Horton, Valerie, editor.

Pronevitz, Greg, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Library consortia overview / Valerie Horton -- The consortial landscape / Greg Pronevitz -- Managing consortia / Valerie Horton -- Consortia services / Valerie Horton -- Discovery, e-content delivery, and resource sharing / Tracey Leger-Hornby and Greg Pronevitz -- Physical delivery : future and present / Lori Bowen Ayre and Greg Pronevitz -- Online instruction / Jennifer Hootman, Matt Lee, and Mary Parker -- The Enki experiment : library e-book consortia system / Linda Crowe and Heather Teysko -- Statewide e-book project for multi-type libraries in Massachusetts / Deborah Hoadley -- Article licensing information availability service (ALIAS) / Mark Sullivan -- Embracing wide deals (inter-consortial licensing) / Ann Okerson -- Open SUNY Textbook program / Cyril Oberlander -- Interstate library delivery / Kathy Drozd -- Open source integrated library systems : a consortial implementation of Evergreen / Randy Dykhuis -- Open source software and consortium governance structure / Vicki Teal Lovely -- Vendor-based shared integrated library systems / Jeanine Gatzke and Belinda E. Lawrence -- Enhancing access to history : collaborative digital initiatives / Liz Bishoff -- Shared physical depository : the Five College Library Depository / Jay Schafer -- 2CUL : a case study in research library shared staffing / Anne R. Kenney and James Neal -- Human resources management : contractual staffing at a library consortium / Lisa Priebe -- BiblioTemps : a temporary employment service for libraries in Massachusetts / Kelly Jo Woodside -- Consortial fiscal sponsorship / Valerie Horton.

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