Shared Print Partnership Blog
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Laura Aydelotte
Conference Schedule October 28, 2026 11am-2pm EDT (GMT-4) To join us for the first SPP virtual conference, register here! Quick Overview Hour 1: 11am-12pm EDT (GMT-4) Intro and brief SPP update (15 minutes) Keynote (30 min + 15 min Q and A) Boaz Nadav-Manes Hour 2: 12pm-1pm EDT (GMT-4) Break...
Past Posts
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,...
Nika Worth
The Partnership for Shared Book Collections is pleased to share that the Resource Sharing Task Force of the Research and Network Level Standing Committee has recently concluded their work and finished their final report. Please join us in issuing congratulations to the task force and a huge thank you for...
Nika Worth
Below is the Partnership’s April 2024 Quarterly Report, which highlights the work of the Partnership over the past three months since our last update in January. Thank you to all of you who have volunteered your time and expertise to make this work possible! Please note that this is the...
Nika Worth
Below is the Partnership’s January 2024 PAN Report, which highlights the work of the Partnership over the past three months since our last update in October. Thank you to all of you who have volunteered your time and expertise to make this work possible! Partnership January 2024 PAN Report
...Nika Worth
The Shared Print Metadata Guidelines Working Group is excited to continue our community discussions around the new “Shared Print Actions: Terminology.” As a reminder, we are hosting three follow-up webinars focused on different questions and discussion topics regarding the SPA draft. We wanted to encourage you to consider registering, using...