SPEC Kit 345: Shared Print Programs · 65
institution to retain and archive print, and it should certainly not be necessary for each ARL library to maintain extensive
print holdings. Each must decide what makes sense given their goals, priorities, and resources.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
44. Please enter any additional information that may assist the authors’ understanding of your
library’s participation in shared print programs. N=14
CARLI is moving towards a goal of five print copies in the consortia.
Have interpreted shared print to include only programs that involve formal commitments to retain as opposed to
programs whereby library consortially acquires new print books as shared holdings that are placed in on off-site facility
but without any special retention commitments.
Just a general note about the survey questions that ask for opinions regarding relative importance of different factors,
predictions about what might happen in the future, etc.: most of these questions have not been discussed widely or at
length with colleagues in my library, and thus they should not be interpreted as an institutional response.
Library is in the process of planning for a shared print collection at ReCAP (with NYPL and Princeton.) Answers are
based in those plans. Some answers not possible for this reason.
My library has agreed to be a last copy in the CARLI last copy program, but so far has not been identified as the last
copy holder of any item. Will in future, we believe. My library contributed many volumes to CRL’s JSTOR print retention
program some years back, but have not contributed, or even deselected, any volumes corresponding to JSTOR print
retention program recently. Will in future, we believe. We also are in the process of developing new policies and
procedures to better support deselection of print material held in shared print repositories.
Shared print repositories have a central role in the Libraries’ vision and strategic planning. As we continue our transition
to the digital library of the future while still maintaining our unique physical collections, shared print programs will
become increasingly important to achieving our objectives.
The library’s primary e-acquisitions nor other consortial partners involved with shared print program, regional initiatives
lag behind other/denser regions new high-density storage facility relieves pressure on collections storage. While not
participating in any shared print programs we are members of LOCKSS, Portico, HathiTrust.
The questions here, as structured, made our responses a bit inconsistent. We only participate in one formal shared print
arrangement at the moment and are negotiating a new arrangement with a peer institution that should take effect later
in the year. We are holding some titles in anticipation of that arrangement and will eventually begin to discard once it is
finalized. Faculty resistance to the loss of direct access to print remains high even as actual use of print is demonstrably
negligible. Culture, both within the library and in many academic units, remains our biggest obstacle.
The university has a 44-item collection in the Internet Archive. The titles have been selected due to local/regional
interest. There is no fee for participation. The library scans the print items, and uploads them to the archive, and
catalogs them.
We are developing a high-density storage facility and will move most of our print collections into that facility. At that
time we will likely contribute some or all of our archived journals to Scholars Trust. Access to actual print copy is limited
to consortial libraries. Access to an electronic version or copy/scan of the print is open to any library. Deselection,
number of volumes deselected: I only included the number of items lent to other libraries through Scholars Trust, as the
institution to retain and archive print, and it should certainly not be necessary for each ARL library to maintain extensive
print holdings. Each must decide what makes sense given their goals, priorities, and resources.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
44. Please enter any additional information that may assist the authors’ understanding of your
library’s participation in shared print programs. N=14
CARLI is moving towards a goal of five print copies in the consortia.
Have interpreted shared print to include only programs that involve formal commitments to retain as opposed to
programs whereby library consortially acquires new print books as shared holdings that are placed in on off-site facility
but without any special retention commitments.
Just a general note about the survey questions that ask for opinions regarding relative importance of different factors,
predictions about what might happen in the future, etc.: most of these questions have not been discussed widely or at
length with colleagues in my library, and thus they should not be interpreted as an institutional response.
Library is in the process of planning for a shared print collection at ReCAP (with NYPL and Princeton.) Answers are
based in those plans. Some answers not possible for this reason.
My library has agreed to be a last copy in the CARLI last copy program, but so far has not been identified as the last
copy holder of any item. Will in future, we believe. My library contributed many volumes to CRL’s JSTOR print retention
program some years back, but have not contributed, or even deselected, any volumes corresponding to JSTOR print
retention program recently. Will in future, we believe. We also are in the process of developing new policies and
procedures to better support deselection of print material held in shared print repositories.
Shared print repositories have a central role in the Libraries’ vision and strategic planning. As we continue our transition
to the digital library of the future while still maintaining our unique physical collections, shared print programs will
become increasingly important to achieving our objectives.
The library’s primary e-acquisitions nor other consortial partners involved with shared print program, regional initiatives
lag behind other/denser regions new high-density storage facility relieves pressure on collections storage. While not
participating in any shared print programs we are members of LOCKSS, Portico, HathiTrust.
The questions here, as structured, made our responses a bit inconsistent. We only participate in one formal shared print
arrangement at the moment and are negotiating a new arrangement with a peer institution that should take effect later
in the year. We are holding some titles in anticipation of that arrangement and will eventually begin to discard once it is
finalized. Faculty resistance to the loss of direct access to print remains high even as actual use of print is demonstrably
negligible. Culture, both within the library and in many academic units, remains our biggest obstacle.
The university has a 44-item collection in the Internet Archive. The titles have been selected due to local/regional
interest. There is no fee for participation. The library scans the print items, and uploads them to the archive, and
catalogs them.
We are developing a high-density storage facility and will move most of our print collections into that facility. At that
time we will likely contribute some or all of our archived journals to Scholars Trust. Access to actual print copy is limited
to consortial libraries. Access to an electronic version or copy/scan of the print is open to any library. Deselection,
number of volumes deselected: I only included the number of items lent to other libraries through Scholars Trust, as the
