1. Winterfield University LibraryWU
LoSS Consortial Project: Supporting Teaching, Learning, and Research at Winterfield University WU
Group 5

2. Winterfield University LibraryWU
Current situation
Minimal collaboration with LoSS: expertise and resources are not being shared, bargaining power is not being leveraged
Rising cost of subscriptions: e-resource spending increased 6-10% per year for last 10 years
Resources are not shared across the 4 universities in San Seriffe: our users could potentially have access to more resources for learning and research
Efforts and services are duplicated: libraries are doing original cataloguing and creating original information literacy materials instead of sharing

3. Winterfield University LibraryWU
5 year objectives
Cooperative acquisition: consortial purchasing of all e-resources
Cooperative cataloguing: no duplication of original cataloguing
Shared information literacy mission: online repository of information literacy materials tailored for local use

4. Examples of successful projects
Winterfield University Library WU
Examples of successful projects

5. 5 year timeline WU Winterfield University Library
Develop online repository for information literacy materials
Propose consortial purchasing and extending existing licences to LoSS institutions
Propose MOU for LoSS consortium
Evaluation of existing collections
Purchase SuperSearch together with LoSS
Explore with publishers regarding shared access to existing subscriptions
Digitized WUL special collections made available to all LoSS libraries
Strengthen resource sharing through cooperative cataloguing or union catalogue
Cost-benefit analysis of shared access to existing subscriptions

6. Winterfield University LibraryWU
Proposed first step
SuperSearch is a key humanities & social sciences database:
Extensive disciplinary coverage (facilitates multidisciplinary research)
Uniquely multilingual resources (San Seriffe national languages: Thai, Tagalog and English)
100s of e-books, journal articles, images, videos, and historical resources
Unlimited user search and download
At $7M San Seriffe annual subscription, we will invite LoSS to approach the publisher to subscribe as a group.

7. Cost vs. benefit of joint subscription
Winterfield University Library WU
Cost vs. benefit of joint subscription
Cost
WUL acqusitions team must take initiative and serve as contact point and negotiator with publisher
Benefit
Negotiated price should be lower due to collective bargaining power
Initiate further collaboration

8. Collaborating with LoSS
Winterfield University Library WU
Collaborating with LoSS
Invite LoSS Libraries to participate (WUL to lead)
To incentivize participation, during this year’s licence renewals we will ask publishers to quote price of extended LoSS access
Cost evaluation presented to LoSS at the end of year

9. Sharing information literacy materials
Winterfield University Library WU
Sharing information literacy materials
Comprehensive, user-friendly, materials (LibGuides, videos, worksheets, presentations) created by WUL
Materials available free to LoSS libraries
Online sharing platform can be used for future shared information literacy materials tailored to San Seriffe academic library needs

10. Winterfield University LibraryWU
5 year objectives
Cooperative acquisition: consortial purchasing of all e-resources
Cooperative cataloguing: no duplication of original cataloguing
Shared information literacy mission: online repository of information literacy materials tailored for local use