Philippine library consortia: Priorities and perspectives

This paper explores library consortia in the Philippines, particularly focusing on academic libraries. It considered the current state of consortia in the country in terms of their strategic initiatives, the services they offer, the challenges they face, the sources of their funding, staffing, and h...

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Main Authors: Fresnido, Ana Maria B., Mijares, Jesus Raymond
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:faculty_research-92522023-05-16T00:01:05Z Philippine library consortia: Priorities and perspectives Fresnido, Ana Maria B. Mijares, Jesus Raymond This paper explores library consortia in the Philippines, particularly focusing on academic libraries. It considered the current state of consortia in the country in terms of their strategic initiatives, the services they offer, the challenges they face, the sources of their funding, staffing, and how the members communicate with each other. It likewise examined the developmental stage of the consortia based on Shachaf ’s five-stage lifecycle. Results revealed that the primary reason why libraries come together remains to be resource sharing and as such, it (including inter- library loan (ILL) and document delivery service (DDS) continues to be the most predominant service being offered by all and regarded as the most valuable aspect of cooperation. Majority of library consortia in the Philippines have reached the maturation stage and a few of them are now in the meta-consortium creation stage. Sources of funding were limited to only three-- the parent organization, income- generating activities, and membership fees. The major challenge that they currently face is funding. 2017-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/9308 Faculty Research Work Animo Repository Library cooperation—Philippines Library and Information Science
institution De La Salle University
building De La Salle University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider De La Salle University Library
collection DLSU Institutional Repository
topic Library cooperation—Philippines
Library and Information Science
spellingShingle Library cooperation—Philippines
Library and Information Science
Fresnido, Ana Maria B.
Mijares, Jesus Raymond
Philippine library consortia: Priorities and perspectives
description This paper explores library consortia in the Philippines, particularly focusing on academic libraries. It considered the current state of consortia in the country in terms of their strategic initiatives, the services they offer, the challenges they face, the sources of their funding, staffing, and how the members communicate with each other. It likewise examined the developmental stage of the consortia based on Shachaf ’s five-stage lifecycle. Results revealed that the primary reason why libraries come together remains to be resource sharing and as such, it (including inter- library loan (ILL) and document delivery service (DDS) continues to be the most predominant service being offered by all and regarded as the most valuable aspect of cooperation. Majority of library consortia in the Philippines have reached the maturation stage and a few of them are now in the meta-consortium creation stage. Sources of funding were limited to only three-- the parent organization, income- generating activities, and membership fees. The major challenge that they currently face is funding.
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author Fresnido, Ana Maria B.
Mijares, Jesus Raymond
author_facet Fresnido, Ana Maria B.
Mijares, Jesus Raymond
author_sort Fresnido, Ana Maria B.
title Philippine library consortia: Priorities and perspectives
title_short Philippine library consortia: Priorities and perspectives
title_full Philippine library consortia: Priorities and perspectives
title_fullStr Philippine library consortia: Priorities and perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Philippine library consortia: Priorities and perspectives
title_sort philippine library consortia: priorities and perspectives
publisher Animo Repository
publishDate 2017
url https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/9308
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