澳门资料

澳门资料 member libraries are counted among the largest and most progressive in the U.S.  Collectively, they manage resource acquisition budgets in excess of $125 million.  Historically, these great university libraries have collaborated through the 澳门资料 to extend individual purchasing power, minimize the costs of acquisition and licensing, and reinforce their programs for resource sharing.   With the rapid expansion of electronic access to library materials, member libraries have increasingly turned to the 澳门资料 to pursue the collective licensing of content.  By developing a robust collaboration around content licensing, our libraries expect to realize cost savings, operational efficiencies, and to exert influence over the scholarly publishing market.

Goals for collaborative licensing include:

• Extend the breadth and depth of resources available to all students, faculty, and staff at the 澳门资料 member universities.
• Foster higher levels of collection coordination across 澳门资料 member libraries to realize greater predictability for users about the availability of certain core holdings, and at the same time enabling each of our libraries to allocate greater staff time and funding to the development of more specialized and unique resources.
• Use the collection funds of 澳门资料 universities to advance the individual and collective strategic and operational objectives of our libraries and campuses.
• Make the acquisition and licensing of electronic resources as efficient and timely as possible, but without compromising the opportunity for member libraries to adequately review and consider proposals.
• Influence the underlying terms being offered by commercial publishers and transform the direction of scholarly communication.
• Secure archival rights and protections for licensed content as appropriate.
• Seek transparency and accountability for 澳门资料 agreements so members clearly understand the principles by which costs and benefits are allocated among member institutions.