11.00 am 1a digital libraries mr 1/2 through the looking glass: the path to a successful...
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11.00 am 1A Digital Libraries MR 1/2
Through the Looking GLASS: The Path to a Successful Inter-Library Loan Consortium
Lyn NasirFairlie Stanish
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Through the looking GLASS : the path to a successful interlibrary
loans consortium
Presentation by :
Lyn Nasir, Office of the Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment, NSW / Macquarie University
Fairlie Stanish, New South Wales Teachers Federation
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OVERVIEW
• What is GLASS?
• Why a consortium?
• Strategies and obstacles
• Launch
• How GLASS works
• Keys to ongoing success
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WHAT IS GLASS ?
Government Libraries & Social Sciences
GLINN + LOTSS = GLASS
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WHY A CONSORTIUM?
• Rising costs
• Administrative problems
• Efficient resource management
• Collapse of previous arrangements
• GRATISNET model
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STRATEGIES
• Form Steering Committee
• Communication
• Search for website host
• Search for software
• Adaptation of GRATISNET
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OBSTACLES
• Diversity of membership
• Informal existing arrangements
• Time constraints
• Start-up costs
• Fear of excessive demand
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SUCCESS
• Launched August 2000
• Stats & rankings ensure equitable
demand
• Growth with new members
• Web-based and easy to use
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KEY TO ONGOING SUCCESS :
the GLASS Working Group
• Communication
• Equitable workload
• Representative Group membership
• Humour!
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www.glassdd.org
Prosentient Systems
Edmund Balnaves