Library consortia and cooperation in this digital age: an Overview of the Philippine Experience
Also presented at the Asian Library and Information Conference (ALIC 2004), Bangkok, Thailand, 21-24 November 2004
For developing countries like the Philippines, there is a remarkable range of cooperative activities and consortial... more For developing countries like the Philippines, there is a remarkable range of cooperative activities and consortial arrangements that even transcend geographical boundaries. This article presents an overview of Philippine experience with library cooperation, their commonalities and variations, the significant contributions of different library consortia to the growth and development of libraries within and outside their sphere of influence, and the challenges these local models of consortia are facing in this digital age.
Reflexiones sobre bibliotecas. Entrevista a Lluís Anglada
In El profesional de la información, v.19, n.5, sept 2010, pp.545-551.
Interview with Lluís Anglada, director of the Consortium of University Libraries of Catalonia (CBUC). Among other... more
Interview with Lluís Anglada, director of the Consortium of University Libraries of Catalonia (CBUC). Among other topics, the current and the future situation of libraries, the role of library consortia, the evolution of CBUC and OCLC, and the open access policies are discussed.
Entrevista a Lluís Anglada, director del Consorci de Biblioteques Universitàries de Catalunya (CBUC). Entre otros temas, se trata la situación actual y el futuro de las bibliotecas, el papel de los consorcios de bibliotecas, la evolución del CBUC y de OCLC, y las políticas de acceso abierto.
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by Colin Darch
Library Consortium Management, vol. 1, no. 1/2, 1999, pages 23-32.
Co-authored with Joan Rapp and Peter G. Underwood. It remains to be seen what impact the recently-formed academic... more Co-authored with Joan Rapp and Peter G. Underwood. It remains to be seen what impact the recently-formed academic library consortia will have in South Africa, both for our profession or our end-users. They can probably be described as a group of diverse entities, rough and as-yet unsure of their destination. In this descriptive text, we attempt to outline the specifics which distinguish the developing consortia in a newly democratic and newly globalised South Africa from those in other more economically advantaged parts of the world. We describe the all-important social and political background in which our institutions must operate, moving on to an analysis of the impulse to cooperate and the obstacles that have emerged to stifle that impulse. In our conclusion we risk some predictions about where academic library consortia may be headed in our part of the world.
