Description

Maintaining the breadth and depth of University of California's collections and services in the face of continuing increases in the volume and cost of scholarly publication is the single greatest challenge confronting the University's library program today. To meet this challenge, the UC Libraries have collaborated closely and pooled their resources to ensure that all UC faculty, students and staff, irrespective of their location, have access to library collections befitting an eminent research university.

SLASIAC proposed in its October 21, 2002 report that the shared collection concept, which has been successful in the digital realm, be expanded to include, on a selective basis, other kinds of print collections. The University Librarians, at their November 2002 retreat, endorsed and created an initial working definition for the concept of a shared print collection within the context of enhanced and expanded resource sharing and collection coordination by the UC libraries, and SLASIAC's Collection Management and Planning Group has initiated discussion on further refinements of the shared print collection concept.

Status

The Collection Management and Coordination paper has been reviewed by:
-CMPG Steering Committee (4/8/03)
-University librarians (4/17/03)
-SLASIAC (4/29/03)
-SOPAG (in review by All Campus Groups)

Responsibility

ULs, SLP

Links

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