34 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
Comments N=4
It is important for us to have an MOU with partners that provides clear guidelines on user access to content and clarity
regarding the persistence/retention time-frames.
We have realized greater bang for the buck when partner’s collections are similar to ours. This allows identification of
redundant print volumes (primarily journal runs thus far), which can be discarded.
We want partners with high service quality, but ideally the rates of borrowing and lending among the partners should
be relatively low.
You need to have shared values and agreement on guiding principles in order to be successful. Having a pre-set cost
sharing formula is very important to the yearly dealings.
BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES
10. What additional opportunities has sharing print collections created for your institution beyond the
stated goals of a specific shared print program? Please reflect on the value of participating in these
programs as catalysts for other forms of collaboration and staff development. N=32
As journal titles enter the shared print collections, we can consider weeding our copies of these titles.
CIC U-Borrow Program: Ability to consult and collaborate with colleagues at other CIC institutions regarding best
practices, policies, and procedures.
Cooperative print retention program is but one aspect of the larger TRLN cooperative collections programs that go back
several decades.
Development of learning services to support as well as initiatives requiring new types of library spaces and learning
environments, and ensure access to print collections into the future, while making room for both expansion and
alternative uses of library spaces.
Encourages collection assessments global assessments compared to other institutions and internal assessment of
discreet collections.
For our DPR project Collection Development worked closely with Cataloging, Stacks Management, and Preservation
internally and within our three institutions to develop mutually agreeable standards.
Further cements consortial cooperation.
It has been an additional factor in determining which print runs to retain, if we have the online equivalent. In particular
to the ASERL Collaborative Federal Depository Program, it has reinforced a particular collection and reference support
focus. It has allowed us to fill gaps in other library collections, and fill gaps within our own collections.
Make our unique holdings more widely known.
Networking opportunities for various staff in the organization.
No additional opportunities have emerged yet, as the shared print programs we currently participate in are either very
limited in scope or in the planning stages. While there is a long standing interest in shared print programs in our region,
the numerous challenges that developing shared collections present has prevented us from achieving anything beyond
rather modest agreements.
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