Collaborating to Explore Controlled Digital Lending as a Library Consortium

Michael Rodriguez, Nathan Mealey, Charlie Barlow

Source Title: Cases on Establishing Effective Collaborations in Academic Libraries

ISBN13: 9781668425152|ISBN10: 1668425157|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668425169|EISBN13: 9781668425176

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-2515-2.ch005

MLA

Rodriguez, Michael, et al. "Collaborating to Explore Controlled Digital Lending as a Library Consortium." Cases on Establishing Effective Collaborations in Academic Libraries, edited by Mary E. Piorun and Regina Fisher Raboin, IGI Global, 2023, pp. 87-102. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-2515-2.ch005

APA

Rodriguez, M., Mealey, N., & Barlow, C. (2023). Collaborating to Explore Controlled Digital Lending as a Library Consortium. In M. Piorun & R. Raboin (Eds.), Cases on Establishing Effective Collaborations in Academic Libraries (pp. 87-102). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-2515-2.ch005

Chicago

Rodriguez, Michael, Nathan Mealey, and Charlie Barlow. "Collaborating to Explore Controlled Digital Lending as a Library Consortium." In Cases on Establishing Effective Collaborations in Academic Libraries, edited by Mary E. Piorun and Regina Fisher Raboin, 87-102. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-2515-2.ch005

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Abstract

In 2020–2021, the Boston Library Consortium (BLC) explored the potential for controlled digital lending (CDL) across the library consortium. Over the course of a year, the BLC's CDL Working Group engaged with internal stakeholders and external partners to develop a strategic vision for consortial CDL that received strong support from the BLC's Board of Directors. The group arrived at this vision through intensive collaboration, working closely as a group and engaging with the BLC's various membership communities while concurrently engaging with vendors and external entities to cross-pollinate ideas and co-create strategies. The BLC's resultant vision for consortial CDL is also predicated on powerful intra-consortial and inter-consortial collaborations to create the technologies for making CDL possible. This chapter is a case study of how this vision emerged and demonstrates its applicability to other types of consortial collaboration.