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Building up Consortia: UKB, the Netherlands

Building up Consortia: UKB, the Netherlands. Nol Verhagen Director of Libraries, University of Amsterdam. UKB, who are we?. 13 Dutch University Libraries Royal Library Library Royal Academy Open University ( associated member) www.ukb.nl. UKB, what do we do?.

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Building up Consortia: UKB, the Netherlands

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  1. Building up Consortia: UKB, the Netherlands Nol Verhagen Director of Libraries, University of Amsterdam

  2. UKB, who are we? • 13 Dutch University Libraries • Royal Library • Library Royal Academy • Open University (associated member) www.ukb.nl UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam

  3. UKB, what do we do? • Characteristics: a cooperative initiative • No legal entity • Independent decision making • Aim: “to improve scientific services and in particular services to the members of the individual libraries” (since 1977!!) • Working groups and committees UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam

  4. Characteristics of Consortia • The Ad Hoc Consortium: just for fancy occasions and opportunities • The Loose Consortium: the coalition of the willing • The Strong Consortium: for the better and the worse UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam

  5. Critical Success Factors • Common goals • Common nature • Common structure • Common funding • Doing more than just buying licenses UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam

  6. Characteristics UKB (1) • Between Loose and Strong Consortium • Issues: • licensing • collection management • national information infrastructure • e-publishing; UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam

  7. Characteristics UKB (2) • Strategic goals: • supply of scientific information in e-format • improve access to scientific information • integration of information supply in education • improve efficiency of information supply UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam

  8. Threats • Conflict of interest, inside and outside • Lack of decision making power • Lack of funding • Changing the nature of the consortium • Division of costs UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam

  9. Opportunities • Need for increase of scale • Open Access • Digital support of Research and Teaching • Mutual interests • E – ICOLC !! UvA Universiteit van Amsterdam

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