SHARE-ing is caring, feline edition
Chobe returns to share about the furry co-workers providing support for the SHARES resource sharing community.
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The International ILL Toolkit: a classic community-working-together story
The International ILL Toolkit is a freely available crowd-sourced tool, initiated by members of the OCLC SHARES resource sharing consortium and designed to make global resource sharing easier. The Toolkit’s …
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Archives and Special Collections / Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) / Linked Data / Metadata / Research Library Partnership / Research support / SHARES / Social Interoperability
Accomplishments and priorities for the OCLC Research Library Partnership
With 2021 well underway, the OCLC Research Library Partnership is as active as ever. We are heartened by the positive feedback and engagement our Partners have provided in response to …
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Frequently asked questions: resource sharing practice in the time of COVID-19, Phase I
I’ve written previously in this space about the interlibrary loan community’s amazing efforts to keep collection sharing services running in spite of the unprecedented disruptions wrought by the global pandemic. …
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Managing interlibrary loan returns and overdues during the pandemic: emerging consensus from the SHARES resource sharing consortium
Since March 2020, when COVID-19 forced most libraries to shut down, send staff home to work remotely, and focus on providing all services digitally, I’ve been bringing together members of …
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The Interlibrary Loan Community Mobilizes — Mostly from Home — to Meet the COVID-19 Crisis
As every aspect of our lives is disrupted by the unfolding COVID-19 crisis, I’ve been moved, inspired, and enlightened by accounts of various groups and communities joining together, under trying …
Read More“Greening ILL Practices” study completed
In September I hired a firm of environmental impact consultants, California Environmental Associates, to conduct a three-month study of interlibrary loan processes, with an eye toward lowering the carbon footprint …
Read MoreTreasures on trucks (and other taboos)
About a million years ago (okay, in 2002) RLG held a forum called “Sharing the Wealth.” We used the event to poke and prod — why don’t special collections lend …
Read MoreA new work flow economy in resource sharing
In November I surveyed the participants in SHARES, a resource sharing consortium for about 90 RLG Programs partner institutions, to find out how they are coping with the pressures of …
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