Research libraries (in general) would see the most benefit from multi-institutional models for:

1. Research libraries (in general) would see the most benefit from multi-institutional models for: Results of informal audience responses from ARL May 2009 Membership Meeting session Question posed by Carole Moore (Toronto) Redefining Libraries as Multi-institutional Entities

2. My library is most ready to accept building a jointly funded and managed operation with other libraries around [choose one]: Results of informal audience responses from ARL May 2009 Membership Meeting session Question posed by Carole Moore (Toronto) Redefining Libraries as Multi-institutional Entities

3. My faculty and students would be willing to suspend purchase of print copies of materials available electronically and rely on inter-library loan or the collective purchase of print copes to be owned collectively by multiple institutions. Results of informal audience responses from ARL May 2009 Membership Meeting session Question posed by Carole Moore (Toronto) Redefining Libraries as Multi-institutional Entities

4. Within 5 years, shared collection print storage programs are most likely for: Results of informal audience responses from ARL May 2009 Membership Meeting session Question posed by Carole Moore (Toronto) Redefining Libraries as Multi-institutional Entities

5. The major barrier to library collaboration is: Results of informal audience responses from ARL May 2009 Membership Meeting session Question posed by Carole Moore (Toronto) Redefining Libraries as Multi-institutional Entities

6. The library’s involvement in virtual communities is likely to be: Results of informal audience responses from ARL May 2009 Membership Meeting session Question posed by Wendy Lougee (Minnesota) Redefining Libraries as Multi-institutional Entities

7. I would be willing to commit my institution to making public the content of publisher agreements, including pricing, special arrangements, and other privileges. Results of informal audience responses from ARL May 2009 Membership Meeting session Question posed by Anne Kenney (Cornell) Redefining Libraries as Multi-institutional Entities

8. I am willing to commit my institution to forego one-on-one arrangements with commercial entities around digitization of special collections materials in favor of collective arrangements involving multiple research libraries. Results of informal audience responses from ARL May 2009 Membership Meeting session Question posed by Anne Kenney (Cornell) Redefining Libraries as Multi-institutional Entities

9. I am willing to pay a recurring annual fee to another library for a service that benefits my constituents and the broader community. Results of informal audience responses from ARL May 2009 Membership Meeting session Question posed by Kevin Guthrie (Ithaka) Redefining Libraries as Multi-institutional Entities

10. Where rights are not an issue, my library would be willing to combine its institutional repository with those of other libraries so that scholars could search for pre-publication content by subject rather than just through one library’s holdings. Results of informal audience responses from ARL May 2009 Membership Meeting session Question posed by Kevin Guthrie (Ithaka) Redefining Libraries as Multi-institutional Entities