A library consortium is any cooperative association of libraries that coordinates resources and/or activities on behalf of its members, whether they are academic, public, school or special libraries, and/or information centers.[1] Library consortia have been created to service specific regions or geographic areas, e.g., local, state, regional, national or international. Many libraries commonly belong to multiple consortia. The goal of a library consortium is to amplify the capabilities and effectiveness of its member libraries through collective action, including, but not limited to, print or electronic resource sharing, reducing costs through group purchases of resources, and hosting professional development opportunities.[2] The “bedrock principle upon which consortia operate is that libraries can accomplish more together than alone.”[3]
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A libraryconsortium is any cooperative association of libraries that coordinates resources and/or activities on behalf of its members, whether they are...
The Merrimack Valley LibraryConsortium (MVLC) is an American libraryconsortium created by Nancy Jacobson and Evelyn Kuo in 1982. MVLC manages the resource...
Boston LibraryConsortium (BLC) is a libraryconsortium based in the Boston area with 26 member institutions across New England. The Boston Library Consortium...
The NEOS LibraryConsortium consists of 17 Canadian university, college, government, and hospital libraries with 49 sites between them. Patrons (i.e. students...
Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. BHL operates as a worldwide consortium of...
world. The Alberta Library AMICAL Consortium Amigos Library Services Beehive LibraryConsortium, a division of Utah's Online Public Library Bibliographic Association...
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology oversees the MCIT LibraryConsortium to subscribe to and share e-resources at highly discounted rates,...
The Lebanese Academic LibraryConsortium (LALC) was created in 2002. It started with five members, and has grown to nine Lebanese academic institutions...
the Pennsylvania Academic LibraryConsortium Washington Research LibraryConsortium Mid-America Association of Law Libraries (MAALL) OhioLINK, the system...
The Minuteman Library Network (MLN), founded in 1984, is a consortium of 41 public and academic libraries in the MetroWest and southern Middlesex County...
February 15, 2010, the Michigan LibraryConsortium (MLC) merged with INCOLSA to form the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS).[citation needed]...
Research Libraries Group (RLG) was a U.S.-based libraryconsortium that existed from 1974 until its merger with the OCLC libraryconsortium in 2006. RLG...
Boston Library may refer to: In Massachusetts, USA: The Boston Public Library, the Boston Public Library, McKim Building, a branch of the Boston Public...
The Old Colony Library Network (OCLN) is a consortium of 28 member libraries located on the South Shore of Massachusetts in the United States. OCLN membership...
training. Nine of the consortium members have formed the Washington Research LibraryConsortium (WRLC). WRLC provides joint library services, student and...
Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing, or CW MARS, is a libraryconsortium in central and western Massachusetts dedicated to efficient resource...
Georgia PINES library consortium, the South Carolina State Library along with some local public libraries formed the SCLENDS consortium in order to share...
North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE) is a consortium of 25 libraries on the North Shore of Massachusetts working to improve library service through...
The Utah Academic LibraryConsortium (UALC) is an organization of Utah libraries of not-for-profit educational and research universities and institutions...
"Boston LibraryConsortium". www.blc.org. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2014. "Library". Brandeis Library. September...
The Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) is a consortium of research libraries, primarily in Europe, that facilitates access to historians...
Califa may refer to: Califa, a California libraryconsortium, see List of Library consortia Califa, California, in Madera County CALIFA, the Calar Alto...
The Washington Research LibraryConsortium (WRLC) was established as a non-profit corporation in 1987 to support research and instructional capabilities...
LibraryConsortium (PLC), College and Research LibraryConsortium (CARLiC) and the Zimbabwe University LibraryConsortium (ZULC) The Public Library Consortium...
Mysore. MYLIBNET is an active member of Mysore City LibraryConsortium (MCLC). Management Libraries Network (MANLIBNET) was established for sharing of...
Association (ZimLA) Academic Library Association (ALA), India Andhra Pradesh Library Association Anatolian University LibrariesConsortium (ANKOS), Turkey Association...
The Claremont Colleges (known colloquially as the 7Cs) are a consortium of seven private institutions of higher education located in Claremont, California...
Colorado LibraryConsortium (CLiC) is a library-related organization. Resource sharing through services. Examples include a statewide library courier service...
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