Title: WHAT IS RESOURCE SHARING
1WHAT IS RESOURCE SHARING?
- When two or more libraries agree to share
something.
2RESOURCES INCLUDE
- collections of materials
- personnel
- bibliographic records
- special equipment
- public goodwill
3RESOURCES INCLUDE
- political influence
- future plans
- efficient procedures
- physical facilities
4SCOPE OF RESOURCE SHARING POTENTIAL
- circulation
- reference
- technical services
- selection
- acquisitions
- organization
5- Most suitable functions for resource sharing
include those which - are least subject to local variation
- use communications and computer resources most
efficiently - maximize the use of shared data
6CONSORTIUM
- Any association for a common end.
7COOPERATIVE
- A structure in which libraries cross
jurisdictional, institutional, and often
political boundaries to join in a common
enterprise.
8NETWORK
- an organization of member libraries that have
joined together to facilitate access to a
bibliographic utility and to develop mutually
beneficial services and products. - (Susan K. Martin, Bowker annual 1980, p. 80)
9They provide one or more of the following
services
- support telecommunications
- develop bibliographic databases
- support delivery systems
- achieve cheaper online group rates
- train librarians
10They provide one or more of the following
services
- convene user groups
- develop cooperative collection plans
- operate processing centers
- develop integrated circulation systems
11Networks are
- supported by payment for services
- directed by full time staff
- controlled by an independent governing body
- built around a cooperatively maintained database
- linked online by telecommunication system
12To join a network, a library must
13To join a network, a library must
First, survey its holdings (through collection
assessment or evaluation)
14Then, determine collection use, (Through
collection use studies)
15examine policies, (Have and use collection
development, etc., policies)
16and then, determine what type of resource sharing
cooperative to join.
17and then, determine what type of resource sharing
cooperative to join.
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cooperative to join.
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cooperative to join.
20and then, determine what type of resource sharing
cooperative to join.
21Barriers include local self-sufficiency technolog
ical sufficiency psychological barriers experience
barriers traditional/historical
barriers physical/geographical barriers legal/poli
tical barriers
22To assure success do not think of it as
supplementary or something-for-nothing spend
time working out operational details the system
should cause major operational changes and, have
an independent agency handle funding and
operation.
23Some types of libraries are still not well served
by networks school libraries, small public
libraries, and certain special libraries.
24In a recent article, Steele says that U.S.
libraries must move beyond a Fortress America
mentality to challenge multinational corporate
control of information. Colin Steele, Forging
global information equity. Library Journal
125(12) 46-47, July 2000 While he is writing
from an academic library viewpoint, does this
concept have any impact on resource sharing for
all types of libraries?
25Your turn!
- What do you see are the most important aspects of
resource sharing for collection management? - What are the critical issues here?
- Post your answers/thoughts on TopClass