Creating a new consortium: an Access Services perspective

Abstract

It's not every day that a bunch of academic libraries decide to leave their current networks and form a new consortium, but that's what seven academic libraries did back in 2017. Since then, six more intuitions have joined and one even decided that the consortium was not the right fit and left. In this presentation, you will hear about how this new consortium came to be, how Access Services staff were integral to the launch and success of the consortium, and the challenges faced and lessons learned. Even for libraries not thinking of leaving their current networks and forming a new one, there will hopefully be some takeaways.