The SCTS Team supports the Shared Content Program (licensed resources) and the Alma Network Zone (NZ).
The Shared Content Team continues, unites, and extends the work of two previous Alliance committees: Collection Development and Management Committee and the Electronic Resources Committee.
Shared Content Team: 2015 -
E-Book Working Group: 2015-
Collection Development and Management Committee: 2005-2014 (history and reports)
E-Book Working Group: 2011-2014
Electronic Resources Committee: 2004-2008
Fiscal Year 2017 Goals (Detailed version) Approved by the Board, April 2016
Goal 1: Review and revise the Alliance's Last Copy and Threshold Guidelines
June 2017: Recommend approval of Last Copy and Threshold policies
Goal 2: Develop roadmap for Alliance-wide collection analysis
- Continue working with and supporting the COE "Consortial Analytics" initiative to address data collection goals
- Recommend additional methods of analyzing critically important collections data
May 2017: Recommend analytics data structure changes
Goal 3: Pilot and evaluate alternative acquisitions strategies for long-term sustainability of the Alliance shared e-book program
July 2016: Launch pilot
February 2017: Provide budget request for the Alliance e-book project, including any suggested changes
June 2017: Conclude pilot
Goal 4: Investigate and develop efficient processes for managing e-resources in Alma in consultation with Alliance staff in support of the COE's "Collection Development and Joint Acquisitions" initiative
September 2017: Deliver proposal
Goal 5: Improve sharing of individually acquired print and electronic resources
- Advocate for loan rules that make sharing easier
- Investigate viability of Occam's Reader for ILL of e-books
September 2016: Form joint working group
May 2017: Proposal delivered
2017 Activity:
- Last Copy Guideline, approved July 2017
- Three Copy Guideline, approved July 2017
- HathiTrust Technical Report, October 5, 2016
- HathiTrust FAQ, July 2016