These resources are for members of the Resource Sharing Section of the Connecticut Library Association, Inc.

What is the Resource Sharing Section of CLA?

     See this article from Connecticut Libraries

Upcoming Activities/Dates:

• Thursday, April 1 at 10 a.m.: Section Meeting - to be held in person (at the Middletown Library Service Center) and via a conference call (if you cannot make it to the Service Center).
• Monday-Tuesday, April 19-20, 2010: CLA Annual Conference. Section-sponsored sessions:
• What Does Interlibrary Loan Really Cost? / Monday, April 19; 10:15 am - 11:15 am

  Description: Join Mary Jackson, Auto-Graphics Resource Sharing Product Manager, as she discusses the results of the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) cost studies she coordinated while she was the Director of Collections and Access Programs for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Mary will talk about the methodology used in the studies and will explain the worksheets libraries used to determine their ILL costs. Attend this session and you will receive copies of the detailed cost worksheets so that you can go back to your library and figure out the costs of your library's ILL operation.

• Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Physical Delivery of Library Material  / Monday, April 19; noon - 1 pm

  Description: Join Scherelene Schatz, JerseyCat and JerseyClicks Project Manager for the New Jersey State Library, who will talk about the Delivery Committee of the Rethinking Resource Sharing initiative. Scherelene will also discuss new programs in which libraries in southern New Jersey are experimenting with delivery of library material directly to patrons.

• From Wish to Reality: Interoperability and Interlibrary Loan  / Monday, April 19; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

  Description: Mary Jackson, Resource Sharing Product Manager for Auto-Graphics, will provide an overview of how Interlibrary Loan (ILL) systems interoperate with circulation systems using the NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP). Sue Berescik, Director of the East Hampton Public Library, will demonstrate their implementation of NCIP that resulted in up to 54% savings in ILL staff time because the standard eliminates the need for a staff member to update two systems. 

Past Activities/Dates

• Thursday, June 4, 2009: Petition that includes 17 signatures to create a Resource Sharing Section accepted by the CLA Exectutive Board and motion to create the section passes unanimously. (Minutes of the June 4, 2009 meeting)
• Friday, October 2, 2009, 10 a.m.: First meeting - Meeting Notes
• Friday, October 30, 2009, 10 a.m.: Second meeting
• Friday, December 11, 2009 at 10 a.m.: Third meeting
• Thursday, January 7, 2010: Bylaws approved by CLA Executive Board
• Friday, January 8, 2010 at 10 a.m.: Fourth meeting - Meeting Notes
• Friday, February 5, 2010 at 10 a.m.: Fifth meeting - Meeting Notes
• Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10 a.m.: Sixth meeting - Meeting Notes  

Documents

• Section Bylaws (approved by CLA Executive Board, Thursday, January 7, 2010)
• in Wiki/html format (better for adding comments and reading) and
• in Word format (better for printing)
• Section Members (in Excel format)

Questions? Contact Steve Cauffman, Acting Chairperson (scauffman@cslib.org).