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Library Consortia
Practical Guide for Library Managers
Chandos Information Professional Series
Authors: Tripathi Aditya, Lal Jawahar
Language: EnglishSubject for Library Consortia:
Keywords
Access; Aggregators; Archiving; Big deal; Centralized consortia; Consortia deals; Consortia models; Consortia negotiations; Consortia organizational models; Consortium committees; Copyright; Decentralized consortia; E-book; E-journal; Federated consortia; Financial management; Information communication technology; Information resource management; Keyword; Library consortia; Library cooperation; Licensing; Organizational structure; Parameters of pricing; Partnership; Plagiarism; Pricing models; Pricing; Publishers; Publishing; Resource sharing; Staffing; Stakeholders; Subscription agents; Sustainability
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Libraries are burdened with increased demand for resources and services and inflating expectations against shrinking or stagnant budgets. An individual library cannot cope with the situation. Hence, libraries form alliances for cooperation and sharing. Emerging changes in the publishing industry are phenomenal and have forced libraries to move toward a strategic partnership called library consortia. Information technology has played a vital role in developing such partnerships. Publishers offer packages of resources to library consortia benefitting all member libraries. Library consortia protect the interests of individual members while considering the business interests of publishers. This book is a start-up guide to libraries and librarians desiring to form library consortia. It covers the various facets of library consortia and corresponding activities. The chapters are presented with different consortia models, formations, business negotiations and various licensing schemes.
Chapter 2 Origin and Development of Library Consortia
Chapter 3 Library Consortia: Needs and Components
Chapter 4 Library Consortia: Advantages, Disadvantages and Success
Chapter 5 Library Consortia Models
Chapter 6 Management of Library Consortia
Jawahar Lal is assistant librarian at Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Library, Central Library, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Prior to this, he was assistant librarian at Kashi Naresh Government Post Graduate College, Gyanpur, Sant Ravidas Nagar Bhadohi under the Directorate of Higher Education, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad. Jawahar manages the periodical, newspaper, magazine and thesis sections of the library.
- presents a detailed guide and criteria for establishing library consortia
- discusses consortia models in detail, with examples
- includes examples of staff patterns and governance issues of library consortia
- provides examples of different licensing and pricing models