Activating Shared Print as a Strategy for Legacy Print Access

Authors

• Michael M. Brewer, University of ArizonaFollow
• Niamh A. Wallace, University of ArizonaFollow

Abstract

While most libraries participate in collaborative shared print efforts but tend only to rely on them as a failsafe, this article underscores the timeliness and importance of more libraries “activating” shared print as a core strategy for access to legacy print content. The University of Arizona’s experiences with SCELC and HathiTrust for monographs and the WEST-Internet Archive pilot for serials are discussed as examples of how libraries might choose to pursue this approach.

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Recommended Citation

Brewer, Michael M. and Wallace, Niamh A. (2026) "Activating Shared Print as a Strategy for Legacy Print Access," Collaborative Librarianship: Vol. 16: Iss. 1, Article 4.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.du.edu/collaborativelibrarianship/vol16/iss1/4