QuestionPoint Multi-type Consortia  Mark Beatty  Wisconsin Library Services  OCLC Network Office for WI  Training and Automation Librarian  Project Coordinator and Trainer  askwisconsin

QuestionPoint Multi-type Consortia Libraries  Private Academics Marquette Alverno  Technical Schools Nicolet College Northeast WI, Madison Area, Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin Indianhead,  2 Year Colleges UW-Colleges (13)  WI Reference & Loan  UW Academics Stout, Eau Claire, Green Bay, Whitewater River Falls, La Crosse Platteville, Oshkosh Milwaukee, Superior  Public Library Systems Racine, Winnefox (Oshkosh), L E Phillips (Eau Claire), OWLS (Appleton), Mead (Sheboygan)

QuestionPoint Multi-type Consortia WI Consortia  WiLS for OCLC and buying  WPLC for ebooks  Badgerlink for licensed databases  Self-selecting, self-governing  Populist history  Consensus building process  Sharing

QuestionPoint Multi-type Consortia Stunned Agreement  Multi-type  ALL play together  Little splintering  Share KB  Route Questions  Share Chat  Elected governing Board

QuestionPoint Multi-type Consortia Shared Chat  Full multi-type agreement  Based on usage from other VRs  One public and one academic per time slot mostly  Mon - Thur, 9a-9p  Fri - Sat, 9a-5p  Sun, 5p-9p

QuestionPoint Multi-type Consortia Project  Not on a Grant  No end date  Self-starting  Self-sustaining  Library affordable model

QuestionPoint Multi-type Consortia Near Future  started by all, happy  Shared Chat Started March 2003  Additional training for new members  Expand membership  Summer Adjust based on experience  UW-Madison, Convey user  PR PR PR