These best practices were drafted by 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 Scope of Shared Collections
- Digital Surrogates
- Disclosure of Items in Local Systems
- Exiting a Shared Print Program
- Facsimiles
- Inventory
- Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs)
- Preservation in a Shared Print Program
- Program Assessment
- Resource Sharing & Access
- Retention Period and Survivability
- Scarce Copies
- Shared Print Education and Awareness
- Sharing Metadata & Records
- Storage Environment
- Transferring Commitments or Materials
Acknowledgments to those who worked on Best Practices
Additional Information:
Webinars:
The Best Practices Working Group has held 2 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