Shared Print Partnership Blog
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Laura Aydelotte
The Shared Print Partnership (SPP) is excited to announce that the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has become the SPP’s newest member as of September 2026, along with the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The GPO, created by the United States Congress in 1860, is responsible for publishing Federal Government...
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Laura Aydelotte
The annual forum of the Print Archive Network (PAN) will take place on June 26, 2026 at the ALA annual convention. Miranda Bennet, chair of the SPP Executive Committee, and Laura Aydelotte, SPP Coordinator, will present an update from the activites of the SPP during the first half of 2026....
Laura Aydelotte
The first Membership Business Meeting of the Shared Print Partnership will take place virtually on May 28th. This will be the first chance for all members of the SPP to gather. The membership will receive updates on the exciting work the SPP has completed in FY26, including convening the Executive...
Alison Wohlers
In 2022, the Partnership for Shared Book Collections* charged a task force to investigate bibliographic matching algorithms (original charge) – a critical foundation for building and leveraging shared collections. Matching algorithms underpin a range of key decisions and workflows in managing retained collections and any related deaccessioning. The Shared Print...
Alison Wohlers
Webinar recording & slides for public access: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bXScn4sfSU-ZBWyrOX5GFjNo6MktH3kH?usp=sharing 60 attendees came together for this webinar, which explored insights from two key reports to highlight the critical role of data in advancing shared print preservation. Presenters explored findings from “Stewarding the Collective Collection,” a comprehensive analysis of monograph print retention data...
Sara Amato
Stewarding the Collective Collection: An Analysis of Print Retention Data in the US and Canada is the result of a collaborative research project between OCLC and the former Partnership for Shared Book Collections, which has since united with the Rosemont Shared Print Alliance to form a new organization: the Shared...
Aaron Krebeck
The Shared Print Metadata Guidelines Task Force (SPMG) is pleased to share that the Shared Print Actions: Terminology for MARC 21 Field 583 is now finalized and ready for use by shared print programs and library practitioners. The Library of Congress has assigned this terminology a resource action code, spa,...