

February 23, 2023
11 a.m. PT / Noon MT / 1 p.m. CT / 2 p.m. ET
Join us for program updates from the Partnership for Shared Book Collections and the Rosemont Shared Print Alliance.
February 23, 2023
11 a.m. PT / Noon MT / 1 p.m. CT / 2 p.m. ET
Join us for program updates from the Partnership for Shared Book Collections and the Rosemont Shared Print Alliance.
Below is the Partnership’s January 2023 PAN Forum update, which highlights work of the Partnership over the past three months, since fall update report. Thanks to all of you who have volunteered your time and expertise to make this work possible.
The Partnership is seeking a part time Program Coordinator. See the position description and application details in the pdf below. Review of applications will begin on February 1, 2023.
The Partnership for Shared Book Collections and the Rosemont Shared Print Alliance joint Communications and Advocacy Working Group is pleased to announce new resources to support libraries’ communications efforts around major weeding projects (PDF | Google Sheet | 1 page diagram). These resources provide a guide for talking to library staff and campus and other user communities, and help collection managers and project coordinators anticipate and respond to users’ concerns about changes to library collections and spaces.
The new resources include
These resources are now available on the Shared Print Toolkit’s Communications resources page, and are being made available under a CC BY Creative Commons license. Libraries are encouraged to reuse and adapt the materials as needed for their local needs.
The Partnership for Shared Book Collections Best Practices working group hosted a webinar October 18th, 2022 to introduce the Best Practices Assessment Tools and also to provide a preview of the shared print cost calculators being developed by the Value of Shared Print task force. A recording of the event and presenter slides are available below.
Below is the Partnership’s October 2022 Quarterly Report, which highlights work of the Partnership over the past three months. Thanks to all of you who have volunteered your time and expertise to make this work possible.
In the spring of 2022 the Partnership undertook its first formal assessment. Results of the assessment survey are now available in PDF format. The Partnership Executive Committee will be reviewing results and formulating actions over the remainder of the year. Thanks to all who participated in the survey.
The Partnership for Shared Book Collections work is carried out by four Working Groups described below*, and is looking for volunteers with interest or expertise in the following areas to join existing working groups and/or task forces:
There are no fixed term commitments for the working groups. There is an annual review of membership yearly in July. Interest in serving can be expressed using this form: https://forms.gle/Ky6EcyaszbB3JkZa9. Since these working groups and task forces are, for the most part, ongoing, there is no specific deadline for joining.
Thank you for your interest in the Partnership.
Below is the Partnership’s June 2022 PAN Forum update, which highlights work of the Partnership over the past six months. Thanks to all of you who have volunteered your time and expertise to make this work possible.
Below is the Partnership’s April 2022 Quarterly Report, which highlights work of the Partnership over the past three months. Thanks to all of you who have volunteered your time and expertise to make this work possible.