Adventures in Resource Sharing: The AspenCat Story

Resource sharing is the key character in the AspenCat Union Catalog tale. Because AspenCat connects over 100 small and rural libraries across Colorado, resource sharing needs and practices are central to the decisions that drive the management and development of AspenCat as a service. AspenCat’s story trumpets the necessity of resource sharing small, rural libraries, and the importance of ILL services for library users everywhere.

 

Proposed Takeaways: Resource sharing creates and serves a network of libraries with a shared purpose; Resource sharing creates access for libraries and their communities; Resource sharing creates dialog about information organization and library practices; The ILL community’s work is important to libraries in many contexts; Developing and maintaining the systems that support resource sharing is key to providing access to quality materials for libraries.