Rethinking Resource Sharing...
Inspiring Librarians... Empowering People
The Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative is an ad hoc group that advocates for a revolution in the way libraries conduct resource sharing. The group has written a Manifesto for Resource Sharing, which outlines a set of principles that support more open resource sharing.
Rethinking Resource Sharing in Europe Forum
Are you participating in the 11th Interlending and Document Supply Conference (ILDS) in Hannover, Germany? Then you should consider attending this free event which will be held the day before in the same venue. The Forum is open to all - even if you are not attending the ILDS Conference – but registration is necessary.
Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Award Winners Announced
Three 2009 Innovation Awards have been announced:
- Orlando Memory project, a digital archive and social networking community where the users select and contribute content
- RapidILL, a collaborative article requesting and delivery system
- Kentucky Libraries Unbound, a digital collection of local history materials made available via OverDrive.
Each of the three award winners will receive $1,000 and will be recognized for their resource sharing efforts at the Rethinking Resource Sharing Forum 2009 in Dublin, Ohio, on May 13, 2009.
Funding for the 2009 Innovation Awards is provided by the Alliance of Library Service Networks, a group of U.S. independent regional networks that includes Amigos, BCR, FEDLINK, ILLINET, INCOLSA, MINITEX, MLC, MLNC, NELINET, Nylink, OHIONET, Lyrasis, and WiLS. The Nebraska Library Commission is also a member. OCLC and BCR provide on-going support for the initiative.