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The Future of Collaboration in Area Studies
Collections and Research
James Simon
Center for Research Libraries
Current Collaborations @ CRL(specific to Latin America)
• LAMP
• Latin Americanist Research Resources Project (LARRP)
• World Newspaper Archive – LAN
• Collection Building programs
Global Resources Network
Goals:• Expand access to information resources
from all world regions.
• Promote coordinated approaches to collection building and collaborative mechanisms for discovery, presentation, delivery, and preservation of international materials.
OCLC Global Book Study
OCLC Global Book Study
LARRP Distributed Resources
• Object: strengthen the collective coverage of monographs and other resources produced in Latin America
– Reallocation of collection resources
– Support for access
– Increased collection by DRP partner– Decreased collection by other participants– High percentage of unique material (fewer than 5 holding libraries in OCLC)
LARRP Distributed Resources
LARRP Distributed Resources
– Level collection by DRP partner– Level collection by other participants– Low percentage of unique material
LARRP Distributed Resources
LARRP Distributed Resources
LARRP Distributed Resources
LARRP Distributed Resources
DRP - Lessons Learned
• Collaboration takes work
• non sufficit unum
• Collect smarter, not harder
LAMP
• 2,300 titles– Newspapers– Journals– Monographs– Electronic resources
• 10,000 reels
• $1m investment in collaboration
World Newspaper Archive
Latin American Newspapers• 1.1 million pages• 33 titles (of 35)• 1805-1922• Community sourced• Community supported
Future of Collaboration
• Respond to the changing landscape of
production, acquisition, preservation of
information
• Leverage strengths & capacity where it exists
LLMC-Digital
• Law Library Microform Consortium– 20 million pages legal material (U.S., foreign)
– Strategic partnership for content prioritization
– CRL-wide access for FY2011
EThOS
• Electronic Thesis Online Service (British Library)– Single point of access to Ph.D theses from UK– Digital access through CRL Demand
Purchase – Partnership for selection, digitization of key
areas
Future of Collaboration
• Respond to the changing landscape of
production, acquisition, preservation of
information
• Leverage strengths
• Enhance information sharing among libraries
Future of Collaboration
• Respond to the changing landscape of
production, acquisition, preservation of
information
• Leverage strengths
• Enhance information sharing among libraries
• Extend collaboration globally
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