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Looking Beyond Academic Libraries in Shared Print

Learn about the Maine Shared Collections Collaborative (MSCC), a monograph shared print program involving academic and public libraries. Discover the challenges and benefits of including public libraries in shared print initiatives, and how collaboration can help alleviate the retention burden. Explore the differing perspectives and unique materials that public libraries bring to the table. This article also discusses the potential for replicating MSCC in other communities.

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Looking Beyond Academic Libraries in Shared Print

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  1. Looking Beyond Academic Libraries in Shared Print Matthew Revitt, Maine Shared Collections Librarian University of Maine PAN, June 21, 2019 www.maineinfonet.org/mscs/

  2. Background www.maineinfonet.org/mscs • Founded in 2011, one of the original monograph shared print programs • Eight founding libraries, unique mixture of public universities, private colleges, public libraries & the state library • grant of $821,065 to create a shared print collections strategy, grant period 2011 to 2015 • Worked with SCS (pre OCLC & GreenGlass) on collection analysis & collectively agreed to retain approx. 1.4 million titles for 15-years

  3. Founding Members Public universities: Private colleges: Public libraries & the state library:

  4. Commitment Totals from 2013-2014 www.maineinfonet.org/mscs

  5. 2019 Collection Analysis www.maineinfonet.org/mscs Analyzing titles too new to be considered as part of original work (published or added between 2003-2012) Smaller pool of titles to consider (700k vs. 3 million) Founding members being joined by 20 additional members (subset of 40 members), inc. some extremely small public libraries. Collection sizes ranging from 12k to 1 million print titles

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  7. Similarities of Including Publics www.maineinfonet.org/mscs Public libraries get the idea of shared efficiencies & responsible withdrawals to ensure material isn’t lost from the collective collection Willing and enthusiastic (& proud) to be playing their part in shared efforts

  8. Differences with Including Publics www.maineinfonet.org/mscs Very different philosophies & reasons for being – publics more driven more by demand & activity Refresh collections more frequently – less willing to retain low use legacy material Choose to prioritize funding for public facing programming – easier sell to stakeholders than behind the scenes work

  9. Differences with Including Publics www.maineinfonet.org/mscs Differing perspectives regarding usage and circulation levels between publics and academics – factoring into retention rules Retention burdens at two founding publics made them hesitant about future commitments – add to the list of publishers not considered retention worthy & inc. more public libraries in group To be effective need critical mass of public libraries participating Public libraries bring unique materials, not held by academic libraries

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  12. Conclusion www.maineinfonet.org/mscs Including more libraries shares the retention burden and lessons load of founding partners Publics bring different perspectives to the table & facilitated further multiple type collaboration Good PR of working with Maine library community PLA proposal hoping to spread word of shared print & replicating MSCC

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