...Collence Takaingenmhamo Chisita; Madeleine C. Fombad Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges and opportunities for Zimbabwe’s academic libraries in their endeavour to provide quality services. It will examine how library consortia, namely, the Zimbabwe University Library...

... 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Resource sharing Library consortia Interlibrary loan Document delivery services Reciprocal agreements Prior to joining the consortiums and signing the agreements, the AUB libraries did not offer any lending services...

... methods Library consortia Library reorganizations The Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) is a large regional research library consortium located in the US. In 2010, a group of librarians representing ASERL member libraries administered a survey to assess resource sharing...

... a case study approach. Findings Library consortia can improve and enhance interlibrary loan and document delivery services by introducing those services to new users, broadening the pool of materials available for resource sharing, and increasing the requisite skill sets of ILL practitioners...

... driven acquisitions Purchase on demand Libraries United States of America Collections management Library consortia Patron driven acquisitions (PDA) has emerged as an innovative method to enhance user services while extending monograph collections. It provides direct accountability...