Alliance All-In Member Programs: Accessibility

As a condition of membership, Orbis Cascade Alliance institutions participate in a shared integrated library system (“SILS”) that includes a search interface for library users, and also collectively license electronic resources designated as shared content (“Shared Ebook Program”). These “all-in” commitments are designated and implemented at the direction of the Alliance Board of Directors. In […]

Free Speech Needs Free Libraries: A Joint Statement

This statement was developed through a collaboration of library consortium executive directors across the United States in response to growing threats to academic freedom and freedom of inquiry experienced by library users in many states.  Our goal with this statement is to affirm the central role of libraries in protecting everyone’s freedom to read, learn, […]

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is elected by Council and has fiduciary responsibility for the organization.