These best practices were drafted by the Partnership Best Practices Standing Committee (formerly the Partnership Best Practices Working Group) and finalized following discussions with a wide variety of constituents. The Partnership for Shared Book Collections asks each member to strive to meet the level of the Partnership Best Practices to the best of the Member Program’s ability. While this can vary greatly depending on each member’s resources and scope of programs, the Best Practices are often divided into Good, Better and Best to provide programs a baseline where to start, and a pathway toward best practices as time and resources allow. See the Good, Better, Best document for a full description of these categories. Terms used in these best practices are defined in the Shared Print Glossary. We welcome your feedback!
Sections:
- Collection Analysis [m][s]
- Collection Scope of Shared Collections [m][s]
- Community and Trust Building
- Discovery and Disclosure of Shared Print Items [m][s]
- Exiting a Shared Print Program [m][s]
- Expiring Commitments [m][s]
- Facsimiles [m][s]
- Geographic Distribution Recommendations for Shared Print Programs
- Inventory
- Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs)
- Moving Items to Storage [m][s]
- Policy Development and Program Management [m][s]
- Preservation in a Shared Print Program
- Print to Digital Validation Work for Shared Print Programs
- Program Assessment [m][s]
- Resource Sharing & Access
- Retention Period and Survivability [m][s]
- Scarce Copies
- Shared Print Education and Awareness [m][s]
- Shared Print Program Partnerships [m][s]
- Starting a Shared Print Program
- Storage Environment [m][s]
- Succession Planning
- Transferring Commitments or Materials [m][s]
- Weeding [m][s]
* [m][s] denotes that this best practice can apply to both monographs and serials.
Acknowledgments to those who worked on Best Practices
Additional Information:
- Best Practices Assessment Tools
- Best Practices Under Development
- References and Additional Resources
Webinars:
The Best Practices Standing Committee has held 3 information webinars and made the recordings available:
- Recording of Best Practices Webinar held June 3, 2020
- Recording of Best Practices Webinar held May 6, 2021
- Recording of Best Practices Assessment Tool Webinar held October 18, 2022