Consortia and the Big Deals: A New Way of Doing Business or the End of the Technical Library? Nestor L. Osorio Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL 60115 IATUL 2002, Kansas City, USA
Introduction The Literature of Engineering and Technology Online Databases Internet and the WWW The Role of Publishers E-Format Only
Consortia Role in Library Services Consortia and Sci-Tech Collections Buying Power of Consortia The Big Deals Resource Sharing
Selection Role of the Library Short-term Benefits Usage Measurements
Archival Role of the Library Long-term Preservation New Initiatives Coordinated Plan to Archive Documents ?
Copyrights and Authors Creation of Knowledge Ownership is Critical and Valuable
The Need for a New Model Consortia as an Economic Solution Libraries and the Collective Benefit of the Community BioMed and SPARC Engineering and Technology Central Cost Copyrights Archives Cluster of Publications Selection