1. Sharing our Resource Sharing Dominique Coulombe Journée d’étude AURA December 17, 2008 WWUT # 8 March 2, 2009

2. What is AURA? Users’ Group of Academic Librarians in France: Association des Usagers du Réseau ABES 150 academic libraries Decline in statistics (over 50% from1997 to 2006) Wish to improve ILL & Document Delivery Study of Resource Sharing in European countries and North America (networks & billing)

3. Brown sharing with AURA Focus on philosophy of services, user surveys & expectations, network agreements, costs, marketing strategies & use of technology ILL (EasyBorrow) & (Document Delivery) Contributions from colleagues at Brown (Bart, Beth, Bonnie, & Dan) Value-added services & unmediated borrowing

4. Location of Meeting University of Paris VII: Denis Diderot Grands Moulins de Paris: Large Mills of Paris Renovated neighborhood on left bank of the Seine River Industrial building from the 1920s dedicated to the production of flour http://pagesperso-orange.fr/derelicta/gdmp.htm