Library consortia : models for collaboration and sustainability / [edited by] Valerie Horton and Greg Pronevitz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Library consortia overview / Valerie Horton -- The consortial landscape / Greg Pronevitz -- Managing consortia / Valerie Horton -- Consortia services / Valerie Horton -- Discovery, E-content delivery, and resource sharing / Tracey Leger-Hornby and Greg Pronevitz -- Physical delivery : future and present / Lori Bowen Ayre and Greg Pronevitz -- Case study 1: Online instruction / Jennifer Hootman, Matt Lee, and Mary Parker -- Case study 2: The Enki experiment : library E-book consortia system / Linda Crowe and Heather Teysko -- Case study 3: Statewide E-book project for multitype libraries in Massachusetts / Deborah Hoadley -- Case study 4: Article licensing information availability service (ALIAS) / Mark Sullivan -- Case study 5: Embracing wide deals (interconsortial licensing) / Ann Okerson -- Case study 6: Open SUNY Textbook program / Cyril Oberlander -- Case study 7: Interstate library delivery / Kathleen Drozd -- Case study 8: Open-source Integrated Library Systems: a consortial implementation of Evergreen / Randy Dykhuis -- Case study 9: Open-source software and consortium governance structure / Vicki Teal Lovely -- Case study 10: Vendor-based shared integrated library systems / Jeanine F. Gatzke and Belinda E. Lawrence -- Case study 11: Enhancing access to history : collaborative digital initiatives / Liz Bishoff -- Case study 12: Shared physical depository : the Five College Library Depository / Jay Schafer -- Case study 13: 2CUL : a case study in research library shared staffing / Anne R. Kenney and James Neal -- Case study 14: Human resources management : contractual staffing at a library consortium / Lisa Priebe -- Case study 15: BiblioTemps : a temporary employment service for libraries in Massachusetts / Kelly Jo Woodside -- Case study 16: Consortial fiscal sponsorship / Valerie Horton.

*Discuss the Discover to Delivery continuum, a key trend that allows libraries to maximize services. This book will help new library staff understand the full range of activities that take place in today's consortia, while also showing consortia managers, participants in consortial governance, and participating libraries methods for revising current practices, places for expanding services, and adopting new project ideas. --Amazon.com

*Look into current management practices and give an overview of consortia activities, such as such as e-book technology and delivery methods

*Present conclusions drawn from 16 case studies and the results of a recent survey on consortial environment and priorities

No library stands alone. A long-standing tenet of the discipline, library cooperation predates the founding of ALA. Although these are times of crisis and uncertainty for library consortia (by one count, more than 65 consortia have closed since 2008), the collaboration that consortia offer helps libraries extend the value of every dollar spent. With over 35 years of experience managing five different library consortia between them, Horton and Pronevitz are uniquely qualified to show how consortia have been transforming themselves, offering new services and products while growing ever more important to the library community. Covering the history, current landscape, management approaches, critical trends, and key services that define today's library consortia, they: *Highlight the current trends impacting consortia and the fiscal difficulties many have experienced since the 2007-2009 Recession