Sharing the buck: how diverse libraries came together to share costs and gain e-resources
Bonnie Tijerina October 22nd, 2008
Proposed Abstract:
In Hawaii, there are 2 major public-private library consortia that facilitate access to myriad of online resources that many of the individual institutions would otherwise not be able to afford on their own. One is the Hawaii Library Consortium, and the other is the Medical Libraries Consortium of Hawaii. This program will discuss two different approaches to the structure and breadth of library consortia in a small state where resources are limited. Each consortium has been very successful in negotiating good deals for its members and, indeed, has enabled many institutions to have access to excellent resources they otherwise could not afford. Both are public-private partnerships of institutions large and small, but that is where the similarities end.
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