Developed and Sponsored by NELINET, Inc. (Southborough, MA, USA)
Co-Sponsored by the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC)
and the IFLA General Research Libraries and Management and Technology Divisions of IFLA
Note on File Formats: The first presentation listed below (Hirshon) is an HTML file that is directly web accessible. All other files are either PowerPoint files or Word documents, which must be downloaded and opened using the appropriate software.
Library
Consortia: How Did We Get Here? Where are We Going? (Arnold
Hirshon) Photo
Abstract: In this overview of the state of international consortia, the speaker
will address the differences among consortia, and the effect of the agenda on
the organization? The speaker will provide an overview of significant changes
in the information industry that are affecting libraries and consortia, and
some of the best practices of consortia today. Global developments in consortium
management will be discussed, including the opportunities for increasing international
library collaboration.
Governance and Management of Library Consortia
(Kate Nevins) Photo
Abstract: Governance and strategic management issues, including non-profit consortium legal structures, organizational models for consortia, sponsorship, effective committee structures, coping with the overlap of multiple consortium memberships, multi- and single-type consortium issues, and staffing.
Budget and Funding Options of Library Consortia
(Merryll Penson) Photo
Abstract: Budget and funding opportunities, including funding formula models and issues, grant and foundation funding, membership dues and fees for services, and marketing of services.
Electronic Books, Journals and Beyond: Issues
and Opportunities for Library Consortia (Tom
Sanville) Photo
Abstract: Use patterns of full-text electronic resources based in a major consortial environment, including the balancing of shared and individual library collections of e-books and e-journals. Extensive data available based upon use at OhioLINK, a leading academic library consortium, will be shared and examined to explore the potential implications for consortia in providing extensive access to electronic resources.
Panel Discussion: Best Practices and Pragmatic Opportunities
This session brings together an international panel of experts to focus on leading consortial programs and services. What makes these programs successful, and what lessons have they learned?
E-Resource Decision Models (Angee
Baker) Photo
Abstract: E-resource decision models for selection and purchase (including product pricing and licensing), cooperative collection development issues (including consortial collection assessment and management of accessed-but-not-owned collections). Long-term implications will also be discussed, including e-resource archiving and the effect of increasing mergers within the information industry.
National Purchasing Models (Alicia
Wise) Photo
Abstract: The benefits and limitations of national purchasing models, with particular emphasis on the experience within the United Kingdom. What have been the successes of such programs in the past, and what are the long-term effects of consortial collection management on local library collections? What statistics and methods to evaluate the success or failure of an e-resource are required now and in the future? What potential partnerships or business relationships should consortia consider pursuing, such as whether to engage the services of a subscription agent to manage the licensing of electronic resources?
Panel Discussion: Consortial Licensing - International Experiences
Past and potential experiences in consortial licensing of electronic resources in different regions of the world.
Technology Issues for Library Consortia: Infrastructure,
Services, and Program Delivery (Dan Iddings)
Photo
Abstract: From basic infrastructure to web-based program and service delivery. Emerging issues for consortial development: How can consortia use technology most effectively to communicate with their members? What should a consortium consider in the development of programs and services such as management of local library systems or maintaining consortial virtual union catalogs? How can the consortium best prepare itself to develop, issue, and evaluating requests-for-proposals for technical systems, and for finalizing and managing such contracts?
E-Book Publishing and Library Consortia (Andrei Volgin) Photo Abstract: The development and effect of electronic books and digital libraries upon libraries and library consortia, including the cost and economics of digital library development, print-on-demand technology, and how electronic books might affect the publisher, library, and consortia relationships.
Future Growth, Future Strength -- Emerging Programs
and Services for Library Consortia (David
Kohl) Photo
Abstract: The agenda for the future. Where are libraries heading, and how can consortia help libraries develop predictive and responsive programs? How can consortia become strategic partners with their members? What programs will be essential for the next five years? What local issues will consortia face? What external issues will shape the future agenda? How can consortia work together internationally to direct the future of the information world and to reap global benefits?
Susan Abell (Director for Marketing and Sales, NELINET, Inc.) Abell has been Director for Marketing and Sales at NELINET since 1999. Prior to that time she served at the American Management Association as Manager of University Programs for seven years. Abell has an MBA from Simmons College, and specializes in developing marketing programs for non-profit organizations. Abell currently serves on the Executive Board of the New England Library Association. Contact Information: Mail: NELINET, Inc., 153 Cordaville Road, Suite 200, Southborough MA 01772 USA. Telephone: + (508) 597-1944 Fax: + (508) 460-9455 E-mail: abell at nelinet.net
Angee Baker (Vice President, Planning and Strategic Alliances, SOLINET). Baker is Vice President Planning and Strategic Alliances at SOLINET (Southeastern Library Network), a consortium of more than 800 libraries and archives in ten Southeastern states and the Caribbean. She developed SOLINET's programs for Library Products and Services (licensing) and Digital Library Services. She is experienced in product management/licensing, business development, strategic planning, market research, and sales. Major initiatives at SOLINET include a national offer for CIS/Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, Congressional and Statistical Universe, as well as McGraw-Hill's AccessScience product. Ms. Baker came to SOLINET in the fall of 1997 from the Thomson Reference Group where she had several key management positions including licensing and the development of GaleNet; concluding her tenure as Vice President of Market Development for Gale Research and Information Access Company. Previously, she held posts at University Microfilms International, Ziff-Davis Technical Information Company, and Information Handling Services. She has recently received a CLIR Distinguished Fellow for a study on the economics of information. Contact Information: Mail: 1438 West Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30309-2955. Telephone: + (404) 892-0943. Fax: + (404) 892-7879 E-mail: angee_baker at solinet.net
Amy Benson (Coordinator, New England Digital Library, NELINET, Inc.) Benson was recently appointed Coordinator of the New England Digital Library, a program of NELINET. In her new position she will oversee the launch of a collaborative effort involving libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and other organizations to coordinate and manage the creation, storage, access, and maintenance of a web-based digital library of historical, cultural, economic, and scientific resources related to New England. Previously at NELINET Benson spent five years as Consulting Librarian for Technical Services in which she provided training, support, and consultation in the areas of cataloging, technical services, and related technologies. She recently helped develop and write Cataloging Internet Resources using MARC 21 and AACR2, an online course offered by the OCLC Institute. Prior to coming to NELINET she worked at Harvard's Widener and Houghton libraries. She holds a BA in French and Modern Languages from Beloit College, an MSLS from Simmons College, and an EdM from Harvard University. Contact Information: Mail: NELINET, Inc., 153 Cordaville Road, Suite 200, Southborough MA 01772 USA. Telephone: + (508) 597-1937 Fax: + (508) 460-9455 E-mail: benson at nelinet.net
Deb deBruijn (Executive Director, Canadian National Site Licensing Project). As Executive Director, deBruijn manages an initiative of 64 Canadian universities to license electronic versions of scholarly publications for academic researchers to bolster Canada's capacity for research and innovation. Prior to joining the CNSLP in January 2000, deBruijn served as Manager of the British Columbia Electronic Library Network (a consortium of 32 academic libraries) and held several positions with the University of Calgary Library, ranging from reference librarian to Manager of Network and Microcomputer Services. DeBruijn has a Master of Library Science degree from the University of British Columbia, and a BA in English from the University of Calgary. She has served on numerous executives and task forces of national and provincial library associations in Canada, including a term as Treasurer of the Canadian Library Association from 1993-1995. Most recently, she served on the Canadian Library Association's Presidential Commission on "Writing the Future: Shaping the Canadian Library Association for the 21st Century." Active in the work of the International Coalition of Library Consortia, deBruijn has also undertaken consulting contracts on library development projects in Indonesia and Ghana. Contact Information: Mail: CNSLP, c/o University of Ottawa Library Network, Room 236, Morisset Library, 65 University Street, P.O. Box 450, Stn.A, Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1N 6N5 Telephone: + (613) 562-5357 Fax: (613) 562-5195 E-mail: debruijn at uottawa.ca
Tommaso Giordano (Deputy Director, Library, European University Institute, Italy). Dr. Giordano began his career as a librarian in 1972. He has served as Deputy Director of the Library at the EUI since 1983. He is widely experienced in library cooperation and networking issues, and has had numerous consulting commissions as an international library expert . He contributed to the development of the Italian Library Network (SBN) and to others cooperative projects in Europe, Asia and Latin America. He has been President of The Italian Library Association and a member of the executive committee and Honorary Treasurer of EBLIDA (European Bureau of library , Information and Documentation Associations). Giordano is also currently External Professor in Library Management at the Univerity of Venice and is the author of many publications; his recent work deals with copyright and licenses, digital libraries, and electronic resource sharing. In the last years he has been particularly active in library consortium development. He currently serves as President of INFER (the Italian consortium forum for electronic resources). Contact Information: Mail: Library, European University Institute, Via dei Roccettini 9, 50016 San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy. Telephone: +39-055-4685393 Fax: +39-055-4685283 E-mail: tommaso.giordano at iue.it
Arnold Hirshon (Executive Director, NELINET, Inc.). As Executive Director of NELINET, Inc. since 1999, Hirshon launched NELINET's Consulting Solutions, initiated the New England Digital Library and the NELINET Digital Library Services, and expanded the NELINET Educational Services. Previously, Hirshon served as Vice Provost for Information Resources (chief information officer) at Lehigh University, where he was the founder and first chairperson of the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI). Hirshon also served as University Librarian at Wright State University, where he was active in the early development of OhioLINK. Hirshon also served as Associate Director at Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries. He was highly involved in the development of the Triangle Research Libraries Network as Assistant Head of the Cataloging Department at Duke University. Hirshon served as president of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS). His substantial publication record includes monographs, book chapters and articles, including recent articles about library consortia in the Journal of Library Administration, the Journal of Academic Librarianship, and Information Technology and Libraries. Hirshon was Editor of the Library Consortia Management: An International Journal, and an active early participant in the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC). For ICOLC he was the editor of the 1998 "Statement of Current Perspective and Preferred Practices for the Selection and Purchase of Electronic Information." Hirshon is a frequent lecturer nationally and internationally. Many of his publications and presentations can be found at http://www.nelinet.net/ahirshon. Hirshon holds an M.L.S. from Indiana University, and an M.P.A. (public administration) from Wayne State University. Contact Information: Mail: NELINET, Inc., 153 Cordaville Road, Suite 200, Southborough MA 01772 USA. Telephone: + (508) 597-1934 Fax: + (508) 460-9455 E-mail: hirshon at nelinet.net
Warren Holder (Electronic Information Resources Co-ordinator, University of Toronto, Canada). Holder has been a librarian at the University of Toronto since 1978. He currently is the Electronic Information Resources Co-ordinator with responsibility for identifying content, negotiating site licenses and vetting legal agreements that will allow access to electronic resources for the faculty, staff and students at the University of Toronto. Previously, Holder was been the Head of the Undergraduate Library, and the Head of the Circulation Department of the Robarts Graduate Library. Holder currently is co-chair of the Ontario Council Of University Libraries Information Resources Committee, and is a member of the steering committee of the Consortium Of Ontario Libraries. He was active in the formation and the ongoing activities of Consortia Canada, and in the International Consortium of Library Consortia (ICOLC). Contact Information: Mail: Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A5, Canada. Telephone: (416) 978 2286. Fax: (416) 978 1668. E-mail: warren.holder at utoronto.ca
Dan Iddings (Executive Director, Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc.[PALCI]). The Executive Director of PALCI since 1999, Iddings previously was the Assistant Director for Automated and Networked Services at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, in which he was the project director for the Three Rivers Free-Net and the Electronic Information Network. Previously, Iddings worked with RMG Consultants, Inc. and at NOTIS Systems, Inc. (1990-92). Iddings is active in the American Library Association and the Library Information Technology Association, and has been active in the Coalition for Networked Information, the American Society for Information Science, and the National Information Standards Organization. He has been a frequent speaker at professional meetings, including the National Online Meeting and the Integrated Online Library System Conference, and I 1999 he delivered the keynote address on library services in the 21st Century at a conference in Taiwan. Contact Information: Mail: 271 Hillman Library, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Telephone: + (412) 648-7710. Fax: + (412) 648-7887 E-mail: iddings at pitt.edu
David Kohl (Dean and University Librarian, and Director of the Digital Press, University of Cincinnati). Kohl's professional career includes service at the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Washington State University. He is a past president of RUSA (Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association), a past chair of the OCLC Research Libraries Advisory Committee, the Association of Research Libraries delegate to the IFLA Interlending and Document Delivery Section, and he recently concluded 12 years as Reference Reviews editor for Reference and User Services Quarterly. Kohl served two terms as chair of the OhioLINK Library Administrative Council. He has been active in the formation and work of the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC), and particularly in the facilitation of international consortia. He has published and spoken widely in the U.S. and abroad. Contact Information: Mail: University of Cincinnati, 640 Langsam Library, University of Cincinnati Libraries, P.O. Box 210033, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0033. Telephone: (513) 556-1515. Fax: (513) 556-0325. E-mail: david.kohl at uc.edu
Margaret Landesman (Head, Collection Development, University of Utah). Landesman is the Head of Collection Development at Marriott Library, University of Utah. She Co-Chairs the Utah Academic Library Consortium's Collection Development Committee, and she serves on the Steering Committee for Pioneer (the Online Library of Utah) as a member of the Big 12 Plus Collection Development Committee. Landesman is active within the International Coalition of Library Consortia. Her favorite activity is promoting SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. Landesman received the Utah Library Associations Librarian of the Year Award in 1996 for her early efforts in creating state-wide fulltext access to journals. With Johann van Reenen from the University of New Mexiico, she co-authored an article in the Journal of Electronic Publishing on "Creating Convergence." Landesman also edits a column called "Heard on the Net" for the Charleston Adviser and writes "Sense and Sensibility," a column for Against the Grain. Contact Information: Marriott Library, 295 S 1500 East, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0860. Telephone: + (801) 581-7741 Fax: + (801) 581-3997 E-mail: mlandesm at library.utah.edu
Kate Nevins (Executive Director, SOLINET). Nevins is the Executive Director of SOLINET, a regional cooperative serving over 1500 libraries in the ten southern states of the United States. During her seven years at SOLINET, the cooperative has significantly diversified programs to support member libraries' needs for e-information, provide training and continuing education in a range of topics, and facilitate cooperation among libraries in the region. Nevins previously held positions at OCLC, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and Christiansted Public Library in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Nevins has also been very active professionally, including as President of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (a division of the American Library Association serving cooperatives and consortia), as Councilor-at-Large of the American Library Association Council, and as a Member of the OCLC Strategic Directions and Governance Council. Nevins has a B.A. in Scandinavian Languages from the University of California at Berkeley, an MLS from the University of Wisconsin, and an MBA from Ohio University. Contact Information: Mail: 1438 West Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30309-2955. Telephone: + (404) 892-0943. Fax: + (404) 892-7879 E-mail: kate_nevins at solinet.net
Kjell Nilsson (Director, BIBSAM - The Royal Library's Office for National Planning and Co-ordination, Swedish National Library, Sweden). Since July 1988, Nilsson has been the Director of BIBSAM, the Royal Library's Department of National Coordination and Development. For several years he has been taking an active part in the standardization work of the Swedish Standards Institute, and is currently serving as the chairman of the Committee on Statistics and Performance Evaluation, SC8, within ISO TC 46, Information and Documentation. Nilsson is also a member of IFLA's Committee on Copyright and Other Legal Matters, the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA) Expert Group on Copyright, the Library Board of Lule&#aring; University of Technology, the Library Council of the Mid-Sweden University, and the Board of the Swedish University Computer Network (SUNET). Contact Information: Mail: Box 5039, S-10241 Stockholm Sweden. Telephone: +46 8 463 42 68. Fax: +46 8 463 40 00 E-mail: kjell.nilsson at bibsam.kb.se
Merryll S. Penson (Executive Director for Library Services, GALILEO). Penson has been at GALILEO since 2000. Previously she was Associate University Librarian for Public Services at the University of Georgia, Director of Libraries at Columbus State University (Georgia), and Associate Director for Collection Management at Virginia Commonwealth University. Penson is a past President of the OCLC Users Council, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of SOLINET. Her article "The University System of Georgia's GALILEO," appeared in the Journal of Library Administration in 1998. Contact Information: Mail: Office of Instructional and Information Technology, Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, 1865 West Broad Street, Athens, GA 30606. Telephone: + (706) 369-6277 Fax: + (706) 583-2636 E-mail: merryll_penson at oit.peachnet.edu
Barbara Preece (Executive Director, Boston Library Consortium) Preece has been Executive Director of the Boston Library Consortium since 2000. Previously, she held a number of positions at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) including Acting Associate Dean for Technical and Automated Services, Director of Systems Services, and Assistant Access Services Librarian. Earlier, she served as Coordinator of Technical and Automated Services at Shawnee Library System (Illinois) where she implemented the system's first integrated library system that served an 18 county multitype library network. Professionally, Preece is active in the American Library Association's Library Administration and Management Association, and she served as the editor for Library Administration & Management, the association's journal. She has written extensively in the area of patron initiated interlibrary loan and document delivery. Preece served as chair of the Interlibrary Loan Group of the Big Twelve Plus and as a member of the Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization (ILCSO) Systems Assessment Task Force during her tenure at SIUC. Contact Information: Mail: Boston Library Consortium, Rm. 317, 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02117. Telephone: + (617) 262-6244 Fax: + (617) 262-0163 E-mail: bpreece at blc.org
Joan Rapp (Executive Director: University Libraries, University of Cape Town, South Africa). Rapp has been Executive Director of Libraries at the University of Cape Town since 1998. Prior to that time she was Director of Libraries at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She has also held positions at San Diego State, Temple, and Rutgers Universities. Rapp has an MLS from Rutgers University, an MBA from Southern Illinois University, and an MA from the University of Washington. She has been involved in consortia in both the U.S. (MOBIUS, MERLIN, and MLNC) and South Africa (CALICO and COSALC). Rapp was a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Research Libraries from 1992-1998. In addition, Rapp has served on various committees of the Association of College & Research Libraries, and of the American Library Assocation. Contact Information: Mail: University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa. Telephone: +27 21 650 3096 Fax: +27 21 689 7568 E-mail: libdir at iafrica.com
Tom Sanville (Executive Director, OhioLINK) has been the Executive Director of OhioLINK since July 1992. The program now serves 79 member and participating institutions with a union catalog equipped with a statewide patron-initiated borrowing system, over 100 reference and research databases, an electronic journal center that currently aggregates over 3,000 titles from the collections of a growing number of publishers, and Digital Media Center. Sanville was the founder and has served as permanent chair of the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) since its inception. Sanville was the Vice President of Marketing for Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), Inc from 1981-1991. He has a B.S. from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. Prior to working for OCLC he spent seven years in the soft drink industry including marketing positions with The Coca-Cola Company. Contact Information: OhioLINK, Suite 300, 2455 North Star Road, Columbus, OH 43221 USA. Telephone: + (614) 728-3600 Fax: + (614) 728-3610 E-mail: tom at ohiolink.edu
Monika Segbert (Consultant, Electronic Information for Libraries: eIFL). Monika Segbert provides advice and management expertise to multi-national projects in the cultural sector. She currently works with the Soros Foundation to create a multi-country consortium of library consortia in 40+ "transition" countries to harness their buying power for affordable access to electronic journals. Previously she was the team leader of the EU-Tacis project for the Creation of an Information System for the Russian State Library. From 1995 to 1998 she worked with the European Commission DG XIII Telematics for Libraries programme, with primary responsibility for developing research cooperation for the sector with the accession countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Segbert also served in the British Council in Germany as Head, Libraries, Information and Books. Contact Information: Mail: Via Fondiglie 5-7, 60030 Rosora (An), Italy. Telephone: +39 333 4408521 or +49 172 2417047. E-mail: Monika_Segbert at compuserve.com
Andrei Volgin. In 1999, Andrei Volgin and his wife Elena founded Adamant Media, a U.S. company that builds the world's largest collection of electronic books in cooperation with the Russian State Library and Russian National Library. The company has already converted over 37,000 books and 4,000 music scores in digital form, and currently scans over 100 public domain works daily. Adamant Media's website, www.Elibron.com, also features contemporary eBooks from major U.S. publishers, thousands of visual art works and historic photographs, a large collection of notable quotations, and 150,000 CD-quality music tracks. Contact Information: Mail: Adamant Media, 320 Washington Street, 3rd floor, Brighton, MA 02135. Telephone: + (617) 779-0993 Fax: + (617) 779-8473 E-mail: volgin at elibron.com
Hennie Viljoen (Senior Director, Library Services, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa). Viljoen started his career in 1965, working in the University Library of the Potchefstroom University. After several promotions, including as Head of Acquisitions, he moved to the University of the Orange Free State in Bloemfontein as Senior Lecturer, responsible for teaching Library Management. In 1981 he was appointed as Deputy University Librarian, University of Stellenbosch. In 1984 he was appointed Director of Library Services, and is since 1994 Senior Director Library Services , a position he still holds. He is also a part-time lecturer (was appointed as Professor in 1987), mostly for post-graduate courses in the Department of Information Science. Viljoen has published widely on several topics. He was a co-founder of the Cape Library Cooperative (Calico), and served two terms as the Chair of its Council of Library Directors, takes a leading role within cooperative developments in South Africa. Over the past thirty years Viljoen has contributed extensively to library activities in South Africa and abroad. He served as President from 1994 to 1996 of the South African Institute of Library and Information Science, and he is currently contributing to the Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL) project of the Open Society Institute (OSI). Contact Information: Mail: JS Gericke Library, Private Bag X5036, 7599 Stellenbosch South Africa. Telephone: + (021) 808-4880 Fax: + (021) 808-4336 E-mail: jhvi at maties.sun.ac.za
Alicia Wise (Assistant DNER Director, Joint Information Systems Committee, UK) Wise is Assistant Director of the United Kingdom's Distributed National Electronic Resource (developed by the Joint Information Systems Committee). In this role she provides strategic leadership for national electronic collections development and management. Her Ph.D. in Anthropology is from the University of North Carolina and her research specialties include computer applications in archaeology, human ecology, and the study of culture change. She has authored good practice guidelines for the digital preservation of aerial photographs, excavation records, geographic information systems, and satellite images. Contact Information: Mailing: 138-142 Strand, London WC2R 1HH, (020) 7848 2556 Telephone: + (020) 7848 2939 E-mail: alicia.wise at kcl.ac.uk
For more information, please contact Arnold Hirshon (1.800.635.4638 x1934 or hirshon@nelinet.net).