The Alliance Shared Purchase Plan: A New Experiment in Collaborative Collection Development
Publication Date
2010
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
University Libraries
Keywords
Cooperative collection development, Purchase plans, Resource sharing
Abstract
Beginning in fall 2006, the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries piloted a shared purchase plan designed to manage duplication of monographs and enhance the consortial collection. The plan covered only undergraduate books in four subject areas. Two vendors, YBP and Blackwell, participated in the project. YBP covered economics and religion; Blackwell, political science and mathematics. Distribution of books was based upon individual institutional profiles, the dollar amount allocated to the project by each institution, and anticipated usage. While analysis of project data suggests that the pilot did not meet its collection goals, the project is leading to other collaborative efforts.
Recommended Citation
Fong, Y. S., Gaetz, I., Lamborn, J. G., & Levine-Clark, M. (2010). The Alliance shared purchase plan: A new experiment in collaborative collection development. Technical Services Quarterly, 27(1), 17-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317130903253282