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We want to highlight your library and your staff on our website and in our newsletter. Please send in any images you'd like to see, along with a brief description, to tracy.thompson@nellco.org or cindy.adams@nellco.org. All images should be jpgs of at least 620 pixels wide by 310 tall. We can work with larger images but nothing smaller. Now hit us with your best shots! | |
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Director's Corner
If you've seen one consortium, you've seen one consortium!
Welcome back! I hope you are finding Slice to be a useful means of keeping up-to-date about what's happening in your consortium. Please be in touch if you have any suggestions for content. Our goal is to provide information that you want.
The quote above was the title of a session at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Consortium Leadership (ACL) that speaks volumes about the nature of consortia. We're sort of like that song from the Patty Duke show; " identical cousins. . . different as night and day." Your institution may belong to multiple consortia, and in this economy you may be thinking of scaling back your participation in consortia as a cost-saving mechanism. I would urge you to consider a different approach. Decide instead to maximize your return on collaboration.Here's how.
First, before making any decisions you should look carefully at what each of your consortium memberships provides. Once you know the products and services offered, you then need to determine whether your institution is exploiting your memberships. You may find that you're able to save more by maximizing your current consortium relationships than by withdrawing altogether.
Second, look at the mission statements of your consortia. Think about ways you might be able to reach your own goals through the consortium. Contact your consortia and let them know how they could better serve you within the confines of their mission. Chances are your needs are similar to other members of the consortia and your ideas will resonate with others.
Third, let consortium leaders know if you think some services have lived their useful life. Often programs continue because they've gained a life of their own, not because their is organizational will. Programs and services that are no longer valuable to the members consume resources that could be better spent elsewhere.
The bottom line is, be an active and vocal participant in your consortia. We are here to serve you!
Sincerely,
Tracy L. Thompson-Przylucki, Executive Director
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Trials and Renewals |
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Submitted by Cindy Adams
Hello Members - Hopefully life is returning to normal after the flurry of new and returning students. It is that time of year again when your in-box will be filled with Trials and Renewal Information from NELLCO. Please be sure to keep an eye open for these important member communications. We would not want you to miss a thing!
Current Trials
- Marquis Who's Who
- Fastcase
Jan. 1 Renewals
- Armed Conflict
- Columbia International Affairs Online
- Fastcase
- iSinolaw
- Lawtel
- Leadership Library on the Internet
- Manupatra
- Oxford University Press (Oceana) Constitutions of Dependencies and Territories
- Oxford University Press (Oceana) Constitutions of the Countries of the World
- Oxford University Press (Oceana) Constitutions of the United States: National and State
- Oxford University Press (Oceana) Online (TIAO)
- Oxford University Press - Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
- Oxford University Press - Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL)
- Oxford University Press Reports on International Criminal Law (ORIL)
- Oxford University Press Reports on International Human Rights (ORIL)
- Oxford University Press Reports on International Investment Claims (ORIL)
- Oxford University Press Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts(ORIL)
- Oxford University Press-New York Code of Professional Responsibility
- Public Documents Masterfile
- VLex Global
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Visit to Chicago-Kent College of Law |
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I'd like to thank Keith Ann Stiverson for hosting a NELLCO gathering at Chicago-Kent College of Law last week. We took advantage of my being in Chicago for the ACL meeting to convene a group of Chicago-area Law Librarians (both NELLCO members and non-members) to talk about collaboration. It was a real pleasure and a great opportunity for me to give an overview of NELLCO and for all of us to share ideas. Attendees were:
- Chicago-Kent
JoAnn Hounshell, Director of Bibliographic Services
Keith Ann Stiverson, Director of the Library
Marcia Magee, GSLIS student (independent study)
- DePaul University
Denise Glynn, Catalog Librarian
- John Marshall
June Liebert, Director of the Library
Gwen Gregory, Associate Director for Access and Organization
- Loyola University
Julia Wentz, Director of the Library
Fred LeBaron, Head of Faculty Services & Collection Development
- Northwestern University
Eric Parker, Acquisitions Librarian
Eloise Vondruska, Associate Director
- University of Chicago
Judith Wright, Associate Dean for Library & Information Services
Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Foreign & International Law Librarian
One specific need that emerged is the idea of alternative business models for access to legal information resources as a means to manage budget cuts. The models include pay-per-use access (with caps to allow for budget planning), shorter term subscriptions, and unbundling of content. I will pursue these models in future negotiations with information providers.They may not be options that all vendors can offer, but it's important for them to hear that you, the consumers, have a need for alternatives. If your library would be interested in these models, please make sure the vendors are also hearing from you! |
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NELLCO's Mission |
NELLCO, an international consortium of law libraries, advances justice through access to global legal information. Together NELLCO libraries collaborate to maximize resources and to support the missions of their institutions. NELLCO members share the risks and rewards of implementing innovative ideas, and capitalize on enduring successes.
(revised and adopted April 16, 2009) |
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NELLCO'S Universal Search Solution |
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We are pleased to announce that our program proposal for AALL Annual Meeting 2010 has been accepted! The program, Information Discovery and NELLCO's Universal Search Solution: A Twitterpated Conversation About the Future of Finding, is scheduled for Sun. July 11. 4:15-5:15. Participants will be invited to participate via a twitterfeed that we'll set up in advance and monitor over the course of the session. We'll be talking about the outcomes of the USS project and the future of information discovery. Please mark your calendars now as Denver will be here before we know it! |
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What's in your profile? |
NELLCO members have you updated your online profile lately? Did you know that we use the information in your profile to send you information about renewals, trials and discounts? We also use your library profile information to supply vendors with your current IP and contact information. So...if you have not heard from NELLCO in awhile it may mean that your profile information is incorrect or out of date! Please take a moment to update your profile today so you don't miss out on any NELLCO member communications. | |
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