1. Collaborative e-content management Evolving paradigms of information distribution and access: one consortium’s response Tracy L. Thompson Executive Director NELLCO

2. NELLCO New England Law Library Consortium Established 1982 Funded entirely by membership dues 25 full members (regionally) 25 full members (regionally) 60 affiliate members (nationally) 60 affiliate members (nationally) No mandatory participation in licensing activities or initiatives ILL ILL Virtual reference Virtual reference Internships/exchanges Internships/exchanges Legal Resources Cooperative Legal Resources Cooperative Legal Scholarship Repository (LSR) Legal Scholarship Repository (LSR)

3. LSR Shift in legal scholarly publishing BEPress presentation – ICOLC #12, Nashville – Fall 2002 Greg Tananbaum presented to NELLCO Board of Directors - Spring 2003 Launched NELLCO LSR Pilot - Sept. 2003 5 libraries participating - Yale, Cornell, University of Connecticut, Suffolk, and Fordham 5 libraries participating - Yale, Cornell, University of Connecticut, Suffolk, and Fordham 82 papers 82 papers LSR today 12 libraries participating (Harvard in development) 12 libraries participating (Harvard in development) 301 papers – adding regularly 301 papers – adding regularly 26,381 downloads since 1/1/05 (excludes robots) 26,381 downloads since 1/1/05 (excludes robots)

4. Model Administrative Each participant appoints PM Each participant appoints PM Each PM receives telephone training Each PM receives telephone training PM may be point person for all ORUs or train the trainer model (local decision) PM may be point person for all ORUs or train the trainer model (local decision) Each lib. develops a single publication site with multiple publication series Each lib. develops a single publication site with multiple publication series Content decisions managed locally (scholarly) Content decisions managed locally (scholarly)Financial NELLCO underwrites $10k/yr. NELLCO underwrites $10k/yr. Tiered $$ based on # libs. Tiered $$ based on # libs. Remaining cost divided equally among libs. Remaining cost divided equally among libs.

5. Obstacles, hurdles and snags (Oh my!) Getting the buy-in – why should we bother when we have [fill-in-the-blank]? Considering copyright – the buck doesn’t stop here Author agreements (local) Author agreements (local) Cover page disclaimer text evolution Cover page disclaimer text evolution “This working paper site is hosted by The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) and may not be commercially reproduced without the publisher's permission.“ “The content in this repository is hosted by The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) and may not be commercially reproduced without the permission of the copyright holder.” Streamlining communication – still a speed bump Reconciling conflicting(?) business models – through a glass darkly Getting the word out - notifications

6. The future of LSR Opening participation to 60 affiliate members as of 7/1/2005 Developing dissertation content Born digital journals More student-generated content

7. What are YOU doing? Suggestions? Advice? Questions? Comments? tracy.thompson@yale.edu 603-357-3385