Result: Tyranny of distance: the challenges of coordinating a multinational consortium

Title:
Tyranny of distance: the challenges of coordinating a multinational consortium
Authors:
FORRO, Denise
Source:
Resource sharing: global vision, local strategiesInterlending & document supply. 42(2-3):83-87
Publisher Information:
Bingley: Emerald, 2014.
Publication Year:
2014
Physical Description:
print, 1/4 p
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Subject Terms:
Documentation, Sciences exactes et technologie, Exact sciences and technology, Sciences et techniques communes, Sciences and techniques of general use, Sciences de l'information. Documentation, Information science. Documentation, Edition, diffusion et reproduction de l'information, Information publishing, dissemination and reproduction, Sciences de l'information et de la communication, Information and communication sciences, Généralités, General aspects, Consortium, Consorcio, Distance, Distancia, Fourniture document, Document delivery, Entrega documento, Partage des ressources, Resource sharing, Partición recursos, Prêt interbibliothèque, Interlibrary loan, Préstamo interbibliotecario
Document Type:
Conference Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Michigan State University Libraries, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
ISSN:
0264-1615
Access URL:
http://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=search&terms=28839647
Rights:
Copyright 2015 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Sciences of information and communication. Documentation

FRANCIS
Accession Number:
edscal.28839647
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

Purpose - This study aims to evaluate and report on the challenges faced by a multinational academic library consortium with a heterogeneous membership and widely varying collection resources. Design/methodology/approach - The author uses a case study approach based on direct experience obtained with coordinating the word of such a consortium, from its nascent stages to its fully functional present-day form. Findings - Coordinating the work of an academic library consortium that spans the globe presents challenges such as an inability to set a meeting time - and place - that is agreeable to all and copyright laws that vary from one country to the next. Cataloging practices may affect the system's ability to select an appropriate supplier based on reported journal holdings, but this problem is easily solved by a careful review of local practices and the system's search algorithms. Originality/value - This article is of interest to anyone involved in a library consortium, regardless of its geographic boundaries.