SPEC Kit 345: Shared Print Programs · 31
IU Libraries are the first host site of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation’s Shared Print Repository (CIC SPR),
an initiative designed to aggregate, preserve, and provide long-term stewardship to legacy print collections held across
participating CIC libraries. Representing the resources of the nation’s premier higher education and library consortium,
the CIC SPR is one of only a few emerging national trusted print repositories of collectively managed library resources.
Through this collective action, CIC libraries will realize new economies of scale by relieving them of the obligation to
store lesser-used redundant print materials, many of which are readily available online.
Just entering HathiTrust, and PALCI’s shared print initiative is just reviving. There is a VALE New Jersey last copy policy,
but it is not actively pursued at this date.
Local storage has been more common with us and other institutions in our state. Shared print programs are relatively
new for us. Communication with university administration is minimal.
Long-term preservation of printed collections. Free up space for uses other than the collections (e.g.,
collaborative spaces).
Main message has been that the life expectancy of the long-term storage is nearing as it is reaching capacity, and
that we are looking into alternatives and undertaking large-scale print rationalization efforts. Another key point
for its rationale is that as a group we are preserving a breadth and scope of the collection while locally managing
space pressures.
OhioLINK shared storage facilities are 20 years old. No direct, obvious bill. No current need for justification.
Part of larger TRLN goal of creating single (shared) collection while minimizing growth. Physical collections housed in a
shared Duke/UNC off-site storage facility.
Participation allows us to reduce journal duplication, save on shelving costs of print journals while ensuring long-term
access to a shared print journal collection.
Participation in the Shared Print Programs ensures preservation of the print scholarly record, while distributing
commitment over many institutions. It should free us to use our space in different ways without building another
storage facility.
Program is still in the planning stages. Primary justification has been the need to prolong life of storage facility (ReCAP).
Responsible stewardship of our collections. Provide the best use of library space. 93% of our study space on campus is
in our library and we are trying to maximize user space wherever possible.
Shared Print is part of the Libraries Print Management Strategy. Excerpt from our campus announcement is below: The
Libraries hold more than eight million volumes spread over 125 miles of shelving in multiple campus buildings. It is the
11th largest research library collection in North America. Not surprisingly, the majority of the libraries’ shelves are now
critically full, at or even well above the 80% operating capacity standard defined by the American Library Association.
Against this backdrop of pressure on library collection space, libraries also have continuing learning services to support
as well as initiatives requiring new types of library spaces and learning environments. In order to ensure access to print
collections into the future, while making room for both expansion and alternative uses of library spaces, the Libraries
are implementing a new print management strategy aimed at optimizing the utilization of space across all campus
libraries. In the coming year, campus libraries will move towards implementing its new print management strategy.
There are two guiding principles underpinning the strategy: 1) campus libraries will increase reliance upon electronic
resources and licensing strategies that ensure perpetual access to titles held electronically and, 2) campus libraries will
increase participation in shared print repositories that are managed in cooperation with trusted, peer research libraries
in North America.
IU Libraries are the first host site of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation’s Shared Print Repository (CIC SPR),
an initiative designed to aggregate, preserve, and provide long-term stewardship to legacy print collections held across
participating CIC libraries. Representing the resources of the nation’s premier higher education and library consortium,
the CIC SPR is one of only a few emerging national trusted print repositories of collectively managed library resources.
Through this collective action, CIC libraries will realize new economies of scale by relieving them of the obligation to
store lesser-used redundant print materials, many of which are readily available online.
Just entering HathiTrust, and PALCI’s shared print initiative is just reviving. There is a VALE New Jersey last copy policy,
but it is not actively pursued at this date.
Local storage has been more common with us and other institutions in our state. Shared print programs are relatively
new for us. Communication with university administration is minimal.
Long-term preservation of printed collections. Free up space for uses other than the collections (e.g.,
collaborative spaces).
Main message has been that the life expectancy of the long-term storage is nearing as it is reaching capacity, and
that we are looking into alternatives and undertaking large-scale print rationalization efforts. Another key point
for its rationale is that as a group we are preserving a breadth and scope of the collection while locally managing
space pressures.
OhioLINK shared storage facilities are 20 years old. No direct, obvious bill. No current need for justification.
Part of larger TRLN goal of creating single (shared) collection while minimizing growth. Physical collections housed in a
shared Duke/UNC off-site storage facility.
Participation allows us to reduce journal duplication, save on shelving costs of print journals while ensuring long-term
access to a shared print journal collection.
Participation in the Shared Print Programs ensures preservation of the print scholarly record, while distributing
commitment over many institutions. It should free us to use our space in different ways without building another
storage facility.
Program is still in the planning stages. Primary justification has been the need to prolong life of storage facility (ReCAP).
Responsible stewardship of our collections. Provide the best use of library space. 93% of our study space on campus is
in our library and we are trying to maximize user space wherever possible.
Shared Print is part of the Libraries Print Management Strategy. Excerpt from our campus announcement is below: The
Libraries hold more than eight million volumes spread over 125 miles of shelving in multiple campus buildings. It is the
11th largest research library collection in North America. Not surprisingly, the majority of the libraries’ shelves are now
critically full, at or even well above the 80% operating capacity standard defined by the American Library Association.
Against this backdrop of pressure on library collection space, libraries also have continuing learning services to support
as well as initiatives requiring new types of library spaces and learning environments. In order to ensure access to print
collections into the future, while making room for both expansion and alternative uses of library spaces, the Libraries
are implementing a new print management strategy aimed at optimizing the utilization of space across all campus
libraries. In the coming year, campus libraries will move towards implementing its new print management strategy.
There are two guiding principles underpinning the strategy: 1) campus libraries will increase reliance upon electronic
resources and licensing strategies that ensure perpetual access to titles held electronically and, 2) campus libraries will
increase participation in shared print repositories that are managed in cooperation with trusted, peer research libraries
in North America.
