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Resource Sharing in Academic Library Consortia

A selective list compiled by Mary Mallery and Scherelene Schatz as of July, 2001

Click on the links for the list of Academic Library Consortia that have the following Resource Sharing programs:
Or choose the consortia by the alphabetical title listing below:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

ARKLink Consortium of Arkansas Academic Libraries

http://www.arklink-libraries.org
Number and type of member libraries: 47 academic libraries
Resource Sharing Task Force - http://www.arklink-libraries.org/arklink/task_forces/resource_sharing/default.htm
Courier Service Program - Contact Peggy Morrison, Task Force Chair at: MorrisonPeggy@exchange.uams.edu.

Associated Colleges of the South (ACS)

http://www.colleges.org
Number and type of member libraries: 15 Academic libraries
InterLibrary Loan Agreement - http://www.colleges.org/library/agreement.html

Associated College Libraries of Central Pennsylvania

http://www.aclcp.org
Materials Delivery Committee (includes Ariel document delivery)
Union Catalog by TLC - http://aclcp.library.net/

Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)

http://www.aserl.org
Number and type of member libraries: 35 research libraries + 7 state libraries in Southeastern United States
Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement - http://www.aserl.org/ILL/ILLproposal.htm
Kudzu Resource Sharing Project using OCLC SiteSearch - http://www.aserl.org/projects/kudzu/default.htm
Policies and Procedures - http://www.aserl.org/projects/kudzu/ILLpolicy.htm

B

The Baltimore Academic Libraries Consortium (BALC)

http://www.colltown.org/academic/library.html
Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement: The libraries of eight local colleges and universities of BALC have entered into a reciprocal borrowing agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, students, faculty and staff can borrow books at any of the participating institutions.

The Big 12 Plus Libraries Consortium

http://www.big12plus.org
Interlibrary Loan Committee - http://www.big12plus.org/committees/ill.htm
ILL Best Practices Recommendations - http://www2.lib.ukans.edu/~public/btp/

Boston Library Consortium

http://www.blc.org
Virtual Catalog Project using URSA.
Interlibrary Loan Managers' Group - http://www.blc.org/ill_c.html

C

Chesapeake Information and Research Library Alliance (CIRLA)

http://www.cirla.org
Interlibrary Loan Committee - http://www.cirla.org/ill_tf.html
Direct Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement - http://www.cirla.org/drb.html

CIC Center for Library Initiatives (CIC)

http://www.cic.uiuc.edu
Resource Sharing Program (including courier service and electronic document delivery) - http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/cli/resshare/resource.htm
Virtual Electronic Library - http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/third_level/library_vel.html

Council of Connecticut Academic Library Directors

http://invictus.quinnipiac.edu/ccald.html
Reciprocal Borrowing Program - http://invictus.quinnipiac.edu/ccald/recip.html
Through the Reciprocal Borrowing Program, seventeen member libraries have agreed to extend full borrowing privileges to faculty and staff of other participating institutions. Participants agree to all the terms in the Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement.

Council of Research and Academic Libraries

http://coral.library.net
The Council of Research and Academic Libraries is a consortium of libraries in San Antonio, San Marcos, Seguin, and Kerrville and is composed of academic, military, corporate, and special libraries.
Periodicals Union Catalog using TLC system.

G

GALILEO

http://www.usg.edu/galileo/
Joint Borrowing for Georgia University System - http://www.usg.edu/galileo/jointborrow.html

I

Illinois Digital Academic Library (IDAL)

http://www.idal.illinois.edu/gov_proposal.htm
Uses ILLINet Universal Online Catalog for member ILL services - http://www.ilcso.uiuc.edu/Web/Services/ILLINET_Online/ILLINET_Online.html

K

Kentuckiana Metroversity

http://www.metroversity.org/library.html
Reciprocal Borrowing Program - Kentuckiana Metroversity, Inc., is a consortium of seven institutions of higher education in the Louisville metropolitan area.
Library Resources Metroversity Guide - http://www.silinex.com/guides/

Keystone Library Network

http://www.sshechan.edu/sskln.htm
The KLN maintains a "virtual union catalog"(PILOT) of its members' holdings so that any student, faculty member, or staff member at any of the 14 System universities or any citizen of the Commonwealth can initiate a search. The "virtual union catalog" is possible by making use of Endeavor Information Systems' Voyager Integrated Library System.

L

LALINC (Louisiana Academic Library Information Network Consortium)

http://www.lib.loyno.edu/lalinc.htm (part of LOUIS – Louisiana Library Network - http://lsumvs.sncc.lsu.edu/ocs/louis/about/about11.html )
LALINC Resource Sharing Committee - http://www.selu.edu/orgs/LALINC/RSS/
Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement - http://www.selu.edu/orgs/LALINC/RSS/recip0200.html
Louisiana ILL Code - http://www.selu.edu/orgs/LALINC/RSS/illcode.html

LINCC (Library Information Network for Community Colleges)

http://www.ccla.lib.fl.us
LINCC is a system that connects Florida's 28 community colleges and their associated 67 campus libraries in a shared DRA library automation system operated by the College Center for Library Automation (CCLA), a state agency. In addition to providing access to the catalog, LINCC includes access to databases and user education.


M

Marin Academic Library Consortium

http://www.marinet.lib.ca.us/screens/whatmalc.html
Shared INNOPAC system - http://199.88.107.18/

The Maryland Interlibrary Consortium

http://144.175.2.169/
The Maryland Interlibrary Consortium consists of Loyola College in Maryland, the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, plus Mount St. Mary's College, Hood College, and Columbia Union College . It is a library consortium formed in 1992 for the purpose of sharing the costs and the expertise necessary to automate its four member libraries (Notre Dame and Loyola share a library.)

Michiana Academic Library Consortium (MALC)

http://www.nd.edu/~specproj/aleph/sitevisits/malcfact.html
Virtual Catalog Using Aleph ILS - http://www.nd.edu/~specproj/aleph/usersgroup/malc.html

N

Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL)

http://www.ache.state.al.us/Naal.htm
Resource Sharing Program - http://www.ache.state.al.us/Share.htm

Nevada Council of Academic Libraries (NCAL)

From ICOLC listing at: http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/NCAL.html
Number and type of member libraries: 6 Academic libraries
Reciprocal Borrowing Program, Contact Ken Marks at kmarks@ccmail.nevada.edu

New Mexico Consortium of Academic Libraries

http://www.nmt.edu/~nmtlib/nmcal/nmcal.html
Reciprocal Borrowing "Passport Program" - http://www.nmt.edu/~nmtlib/nmcal/nmcal.html

NYLink

http://nylink.suny.edu
Resource Sharing Program - http://nylink.suny.edu/RR/res.htm

O

Orbis Library Consortium

http://libweb.uoregon.edu/orbis/
Orbis Borrowing Committee - http://libweb.uoregon.edu/orbis/OBC.html
Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement - http://orbis.uoregon.edu/screens/orbis-borrow.html
Online Union Catalog - http://orbis.uoregon.edu/


P

PALCI

http://www.lehigh.edu/~inpalci/
Resource Sharing Projects: URSA Users Group - http://www.lehigh.edu/~inpalci/2001_URSASpring_agenda.html On Site Faculty Borrowing - http://www.lehigh.edu/~inpalci/onsite.htm Virtual Union Catalog with Patron Initiated Requests Project

R

Research Libraries Group SHARES

http://www.rlg.org/shares/index.html
The program focuses on comprehensive, expedited access to partners' collections and provides incentives for superior response and delivery. SHARES partners are granted interlibrary loan access to restricted, noncirculating, and special collections materials.

Richmond Academic Library Consortium

http://www.jsr.cc.va.us/lrc/ralc
Members of VIVA ILL Committee (See VIVA listing below)

T

Tennessee Academic Libraries Consortium [TALC]

http://www.lib.utk.edu/~talc/index.html
Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement - http://www.lib.utk.edu/~talc/borrow.html

Triangle Research Library Network

http://www.trln.org
Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement - http://www.trln.org/coop/lendagree.pdf

Tri-State College Library Consortium (TCLC)

http://www.tclclibs.org
TCLC is a consortium of libraries in Southeast Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Northern Delaware.
Interlibrary Loan Committee - http://www.tclclibs.org/committe.htm#ill

U

Utah Academic Library Consortium

http://www.ualc.net
Resource Sharing Committee Charge:
  • ILL Module development in Horizon
  • Re-write the ILL brochure
  • Clarify billing between UALC libraries
  • Write an ILL agreement
  • Measure the impact of Distance Education and the WGU on ILL departments
  • Explore possibilities of a statewide database
  • Post fee-based services on the Web
  • Monitor ARIEL upgrade, use and effectiveness
  • Z39.50 influence on ILL service
  • Commercial document delivery services as alternative source
  • Examine feasibility of meeting commercial Document Delivery standards within UALC libraries


V

Virtual Academic Library Environment of NJ(VALE)

http://www.valenj.org/
Resource Sharing Group Web page - http://www.tcnj.edu/~access/vale-ill.html

VIVA, Virtual Library of Virginia

http://www.viva.lib.va.us/
VIVA Resource Sharing Committee - http://viva.lib.virginia.edu/vivaill/vivaill.html

W

Washington (DC) Research Library Consortium

http://www.wrlc.org/
Reciprocal Borrowing and Resource Sharing Policies at - http://www.wrlc.org/wrlcpols.html
  • Shared Offsite Storage Facility
  • Cooperative Collection Development and Access Project


Wisconsin Academic Library Consortium – part of WilS (Wisconsin Library Service)

http://www.wils.wisc.edu/
Resource Sharing Committee - http://www.wils.wisc.edu/ill/
Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement - http://www.wils.wisc.edu/ill/use.html
WILS E-DOC Service - http://www.wils.wisc.edu/ill/docdel/
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