louislibraries.org

OUR MISSION The mission of LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network is to manage and operate the Louisiana Online University Information System as stipulated by the Louisiana Academic Library Information Network Consortium (LALINC).

To achieve this mission, LOUIS provides library automation services, access to and delivery of electronic information, and training opportunities for library staff. LOUIS promotes cooperation and communication among multi-type libraries, researches and implements new information technologies, and maximizes the purchasing power of Louisiana academic libraries.

LOUIS STRIVES TO: Ensure that Louisiana’s academic libraries are the premier source for authoritative information to support the research, teaching, and learning needs of their communities;

Foster an environment of communication, coop-eration and collaboration within the state;

Identify, evaluate, and implement state-of-the-art information technologies;

Be a leader in providing library information services and a model of collaboration.

OUR GOVERNANCE LOUIS is a project of the Louisiana Academic Library Information Network (LALINC). LALINC membership elects an executive board that oversees activities, budgets and funding for LOUIS. The LOUIS Executive Director reports to the LALINC Executive Board.

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Through LOUIS, from Shreveport to Houma, from New Orleans to Lake Charles, from Monroe to Hammond, all students and faculty members at publically funded academic libraries have equal access to critical library resources and technolo-gies. The initiatives that LOUIS provides support all academic programs, such as nursing, engineering, computer science, natural sciences, humanities, and workforce development. These resources and technologies might otherwise be cost prohibitive to public colleges and universities in the state. LOUIS eff ectively levels the playing fi eld for all students and faculty by making resources and technology available anywhere, anytime.

delivering value – equitably LAICU

Centenary College of LouisianaDillard UniversityLouisiana CollegeLoyola University New OrleansNew Orleans Baptist Theological SeminaryOur Lady of Holy Cross CollegeOur Lady of the Lake CollegeSt. Joseph Abbey Seminary CollegeTulane UniversityTulane University Law SchoolXavier University

LCTCBaton Rouge Community CollegeBossier Parish Community CollegeDelgado Community CollegeFletcher Technical Community CollegeLouisiana Delta Community CollegeNorthshore Technical Community CollegeNunez Community CollegeRiver Parishes Community CollegeSouth Louisiana Community CollegeSOWELA Technical Community College

LSULouisiana State University and A&M CollegeLouisiana State University Ag CenterLouisiana State University at AlexandriaLouisiana State University EuniceLouisiana State University Center for Energy Studies

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New OrleansLouisiana State University Health Sciences Center – ShreveportLouisiana State University in ShreveportLouisiana State University Law CenterLouisiana Universities Marine ConsortiumPennington Biomedical Research Center

SUSouthern UniversitySouthern University Law CenterSouthern University at New OrleansSouthern University at Shreveport

ULGrambling State UniversityLouisiana Tech UniversityMcNeese State UniversityNicholls State UniversityNorthwestern State University of LouisianaSoutheastern Louisiana UniversityUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteUniversity of Louisiana at MonroeUniversity of New Orleans

SPECIAL LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS

The Historic New Orleans CollectionLouisiana State MuseumNotre Dame SeminaryState Library of Louisiana

“ ”Synergy is the creation of a whole

that is the sum of its parts.—Ray French, Charlotte Rayner, Gary Rees, Sally Rumbles, et al., Organizational Behaviour (2008)

greater than

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LOUIS is widely recognized as a model for a cost-effective collaboration in higher education. Its centralized organization works in conjunction with its engaged and active membership. Louisiana academic libraries founded the collaboration in 1992:

delivering value – collaboratively

LOUIS is an excellent example of what can be accomplished in higher education when all campuses work collaboratively toward a common goal. In this case, the common goal was to enhance access to library and information resources for every student in every college and university in Louisiana, regardless of the size or location of the campus and to do so in the most cost-effective way. Its success is due to the dedicated efforts of dozens of aca-demic librarians for over 20 years, to the knowledge, experience, and hard work of the LOUIS Team, and to the willingness of the leadership of LSU, especially LSU Libraries and the LSU Computing Center, to make their library and computing resources available to accomplish this important goal for Louisiana.

Dr. Carolyn Hargrave Vice President for Academic Affairs & Technology Transfer

LSU System

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to address the common needs of all academic libraries;

to ensure equal access to resources, services, and technologies;

to maximize purchasing power;

to share expertise;

to support research, teaching, and learning.

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Academic Search™ Complete (EBSCOhost®)

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998

AHFS Consumer Medication Information

Alt HealthWatch™ (EBSCOhost®)

AGRICOLA (EBSCOhost®)

America’s Historical Newspapers - Louisiana State Package

Annual Reviews

Arts & Sciences I Collection (JSTOR®)

Arts & Sciences III Collection (JSTOR®)

Arts & Sciences IV Collection (JSTOR®)

Arts & Sciences V Collection (JSTOR®)

Arts & Sciences VII (JSTOR®)

Art Full Text™ (EBSCOhost®)

Art Index Retrospective™: 1929-1984 (EBSCOhost®)

Biography Resource Center (Thomson Gale™)

Biological Abstracts (EBSCOhost®)*

Biological Abstracts® Archive: 1926-1967 (EBSCOhost®)

Book Collection: Nonfiction™ (EBSCOhost®)

Business Source® Complete (EBSCOhost®)

Chronicle of Higher Education*

CINAHL® Complete (EBSCOhost®)*

CINAHL® Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost®)

Cochrane Library (Wiley)*

Communication & Mass Media Complete™ (EBSCOhost®*)

Compendex (EI Village 2)*

Computer Science Index™ (EBSCOhost®)

Computer Source™ (EBSCOhost®)

CQ Researcher

Criminal Justice Abstracts™ (EBSCOhost®)*

Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text™ (EBSCOhost®)*

Dissertations & Theses A&I (ProQuest)

Economía y Negocios (EBSCOhost®)

Environmental Issues & Policy Index™ (EBSCOhost®)

ERIC® (EBSCOhost®)

Fuente Académica™ (EBSCOhost®)

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost®)

Gale Virtual Reference Center Library (GVRL Titles)

GeoRef (EBSCOhost®)

GreenFILE™ (EBSCOhost®)

Health Source®: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOhost®)

History Reference Center® (EBSCOhost®)

Hospitality & Tourism Index™ (EBSCOhost®)

IEL (IEEE)*

Information Science & Technology Abstracts™ (EBSCOhost®)

Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts™ (EBSCOhost®)

JSTOR Biological Sciences*

LearningExpress (LearningExpress, LLC)

Legal Collection™ (EBSCOhost®)

LexisNexis Academic

LibGuides (Springshare)*

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts™ with Full Text (EBSCOhost®)

Literary Reference Center™ (EBSCOhost®)

Literature Resource Center (Thomson Gale™)

Literati by Credo

MAS Ultra™ – School Edition (EBSCOhost®)

MathSciNet (American Mathematical Society)

MedicLatina™ (EBSCOhost®)

MEDLINE® (EBSCOhost®)

Mental Measurements Yearbook™ (EBSCOhost®)

Military & Government Collection™ (EBSCOhost®)

MLA Directory of Periodicals (EBSCOhost®)

MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost®)

National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts (EBSCOhost®)*

NetLibrary 9*

Newspaper Source™ (EBSCOhost®)

Nursing Education Videos (Alexander Street Press)*

Nursing Reference Center™ (EBSCOhost®)*

Oxford English Dictionary (OED Online) (Oxford University Press)

Oxford Reference Online*

Philosophers Index*

Premier e-Journals (Sage)*

Primary Search® (EBSCOhost®)

Professional Development Collection™ (EBSCOhost®)

ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source™ (ProQuest)

PsycARTICLES® (EBSCOhost®)*

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection™ (EBSCOhost®)

PsycINFO® (EBSCOhost®)

RDA Toolkit (ALA)*

Regional Business News™ (EBSCOhost®)

Religion & Philosophy Collection™ (EBSCOhost®)

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (EBSCOhost®)*

Sanborn® Maps of Louisiana (ProQuest)*

Science & Technology Collection™ (EBSCOhost®)

Scifinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts Service)*

Scribner Writers Series (Thomson Gale™)

Social Work Abstracts (EBSCOhost®)*

SocINDEX™ with Full Text (EBSCOhost®)

Springer Ebooks (Springer)*

Teacher Reference Center™ (EBSCOhost®)

The Serials Directory™ (EBSCOhost®)

Twayne Author Series (Thomson Gale™)

Vente et Gestion (EBSCOhost®)

Web of Knowledge (ISI Web of Science)*

World History Collection™ (EBSCOhost®)

Worldbook*

WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch)

Zoological Record (Thomson Reuters)*

*Available as an additional opt-in purchase.

TechnologyIntegrated Library Services Technologies

Integrated Library System (ILS) – SirsiDynix Symphony

Interlibrary Loan System (ILL) – OCLC Atlas ILLiad

Integrated Digital Library Sysem (DL) – OCLC CONTENTdm

Authentication Protection – OCLC EZproxy

Discovery Platform – EBSCO Discovery Service™

Resource Linking – EBSCO LinkSource®

Readers List – EBSCO A-to-Z®

Government Printing Office (GPO) Repositories – Marcive GPO

resources and technologyResources

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For more than two decades, cost eff ectiveness has always been a top priority, and maximizing the purchasing power of the consortium remains a key focus in every initiative undertaken. The ability of LOUIS to negotiate contracts on behalf of all academic libraries in Louisiana gives it enormous leverage, driv-ing down prices and allowing LOUIS to provide the best possible return on the members’ (or State’s) investment. LOUIS has maximized the investment

delivering value – cost-effectively

$222 million

LOUIS has maximized its investment by providing

in cost savings

more than

LOUIS is Cost-EffectiveCost avoidance through group purchases:

That’s an

$222,000,000

payoff for Louisiana!8-to-1

by providing more than $222 million in cost savings/avoidance, while also providing the highest quality library resources and technologies to students and faculty. Because of the collaborative approach to purchas-ing library resources, and through sharing technology and expertise, for every $1 spent, LOUIS provides $8 worth of value for Louisiana’s colleges and universities.

LOUIS makes it possible for our library to provide an outstanding range of electronic resources to our students, faculty, and staff despite limitations on both our time and our budget.

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Lauren Wade McAdamsReference Librarian

Baton Rouge Community College6

LOUIS initiatives are researched, purchased and implemented collaboratively. Members avoid costly duplication in acquisitions through these collaborative efforts. Integrated library system software offers libraries intuitive, robust tech-nologies that support business management and access to the scholarly re-sources. Resource sharing further enhances a library’s collection by allowing reciprocal lending and borrowing between members. The digital library was established to provide electronic access to unique historical treasures. The electronic databases provided by LOUIS support the core curricula in all two and four-year colleges and universities.

louis initiatives

67% of members participate in ILS

100% of members participate in resource sharing

33% of members participate in the digital library

96% of members participate in electronic resources

LOUIS provides its members with at least 61%, and as much as 100%, of all electronic resources to support research, teaching and learning

Reliable, affordable cooperative sharing of software, scholarly online resources, infor-mation, and support essential to Louisiana’s public universities and colleges.

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Dr. Robert Bremer University Librarian

Nicholls State University

We are proud to be associated with a network that provides high quality service at an eco-nomical cost. With technology at the center of education, the collective resources provided through LOUIS are invaluable to our students and beneficial to all of higher education. ”

“Dr. Jim Purcell,

Commissioner of Higher Education Louisiana Board of Regents

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member funding vs state fundingThe LOUIS community has always worked diligently to make the most of its funding. Despite economic challenges in higher education and reduced funding for LOUIS, members have opted to work to keep the collaboration in place.

$4,500,000

$4,000,000

$3,500,000

$3,000,000

$2,500,000

$2,000,000

$1,500,000

$1,000,000

$500,000

$0

70/30

2008/09

66/34

2009/10

16/84 27/73

2010/11 2011/12

13/87 12/88

2012/13 2013/14

Member $$

Regent $$

Members currently provide eighty-eight percent (88%) of the funding for LOUIS; the other twelve percent (12%) is provided by a Board of Regents grant.

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doing more with less

$30,000,000

$25,000,000

$20,000,000

$15,000,000

$10,000,000

$5,000,000

$500,000

$0

2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Cost Without LOUIS

Cost With LOUIS

3,910,860 4,085,971 3,167,292 3,674,384 3,949,184 4,089,271

16,910,86018,410,335

19,189,164

24,361,076 24,856,604 25,623,913

LOUIS saves the State millions of dollars each year through its initiatives and services.

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Facing fi nancial adversity, LOUIS responded by developing a business driven philosophy to off er a fair and fl exible cost-sharing arrangement among member institutions. A new strategic plan and a sustainable funding model have been implemented. A business model is being de-veloped to ensure that the two decades of collaboration continue in the new education climate.

Changes in higher education and in new technologies will spark a new, even more eff ective era of collaboration among LOUIS members. As the state of Louisiana faces challenges supporting higher education, LOUIS’ strong stewardship provides both a model for success and a mechanism to further increase effi ciency and access for students and faculty throughout the state.

looking towards the future

LOUISdelivers value.

Equitably.

Collaboratively.

Cost-Effectively.10

LOUIS has been phenomenal in providing re-sources and services for students, faculty and the entire Southern University community. We would not be able to purchase these resources without LOUIS.

Emma Bradford PerryDean of Libraries

Southern University

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Because LOUIS provides vital resources and services throughout the region, it ensures that Louisiana institutions of higher education meet SACSCOC standards of accreditation. There-fore, I state without equivocation that LOUIS is critical for these institutions. In fact, LOUIS allows them to maintain not only SACSCOC accreditation, but NCAA and program-level accreditation as well.

Belle S. Wheelan, Ph.D.President

SACSCOC

Contact:Sara ZimmermanLOUIS Executive Director

Phone: 225.578.3705Fax: 225.578.6400Email: sara@lsu.edu

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