Hanging Together to Avoid Hanging Separately: Opportunities for Academic Libraries and Consortia

Information Technology and Libraries

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-44

  Allen, Barbara McFadden ^a   Hirshon, Arnold ^a  

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References (11)

1. A more detailed discussion of this issue appears in Arnold Hirshon, "Library Strategic Alliances and the Digital Library in the 1990s," Journal of Academic Librarianship (September 1995): 383-86
2. See, for example, Stan Davis and Jim Botkin, The Monster Under the Bed (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994). In addition, there has been a marked growth of organizations that specialize in distance education, such as the University of Phoenix. See Kim Strosnider, "For-Profit University Challenges Traditional Colleges," The Chronicle of Higher Education, 6 June 1997, A32.
3. See, for example, Stan Davis and Jim Botkin, The Monster Under the Bed (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994). In addition, there has been a marked growth of organizations that specialize in distance education, such as the University of Phoenix. See Kim Strosnider, "For-Profit University Challenges Traditional Colleges," The Chronicle of Higher Education, 6 June 1997, A32.
4. See, for example, David W. Breneman. "The 'Privatization' of Public Universities: Mistake or Model?" The Chronicle of Higher Education, 7 March 1997, B4.
5. See, for example, "Oxbridge [Oxford and Cambridge] May Sacrifice Beloved Principle: The Universities Might Retain Special Funding but Fear College System Is Threatened," Financial Times (London), 16 December 1997, 7.
6. A further comparison of these four types of consortia appears in Arnold Hirshon, "Jam Yesterday, Jam Tomorrow, but Never Jam Today: Some Modest Proposals for Venturing Through the Looking-glass of Scholarly Communication," Serials Librarian (1998, forthcoming).
7. More information about OhioLINK can be found at http://www.ohiolink.edu.
8. More information about PALCI can be found at http://www.lehigh.edu/-inpalci.
9. The members of the CIC are University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The CIC Libraries' Strategic Plan can be found at http://NTX2.cso.uiuc.edu/cic/cli/strat96.html.
10. Information on members of the International Coalition of Library Consortia (including links to their strategic plans and other documents) may be found at http://www.library.yale.edu/consort. Also see pages 49-50 in this issue of ITAL.
11. Consortia participating in the written survey included Arizona University Libraries Consortium (AULC), British Columbia Electronic Library Network (ELN), California State University (CSU), Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (CARL), Combined Higher Education Software Team (CHEST), Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), GALILEO, Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization (ILCSO), Missouri Research and College Libraries (MIRACL), Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL), New England Law Library Consortium (NELCC), New York Comprehensive Research Libraries (NYCRL), New York State Office of General Services (OGS), Oregon/Washington Academic Libraries (ORBIS), OhioLINK, Portland Area Library System (PORTALS), Triangle Research Library Network (TRLN), University of Texas System Knowledge Management Center, Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA), and Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC). Many additional consortia participated in the subsequent discussions.