Lecture 6a: Lecture 6a: Cooperative Cooperative

ActivitiesActivities

Lecture 6a: Lecture 6a: Cooperative Cooperative

ActivitiesActivitiesDevelopment andDevelopment andManagement of Management of

CollectionsCollections

Cooperative ActivitiesObjective: To be familiar with some of the cooperative

ACQ activities in which libraries engage

Coverage:1. Cooperative ACQ Projects2. Duplicate Exchange Programs3. Bibliographic Utilities

1. Cooperative ACQ Projects

• Definition and Characteristics• Advantages and Disadvantages

2. Duplicate Exchange Programs

• Definition and Characteristics• Advantages and Disadvantages

3. Bibliographic Utilities• OCLC• SILAS