James Shulman
President
ARTstor
Neil McElroy
Dean of Libraries and Information Technology Services; Special Assistant to the President for Information Technology Strategies
Lafayette College
Laine Farley
Executive Director
California Digital Library
Judith Thomas
Head, Robertson Media Center
University of Virginia
Shared Shelf is a cloud-based cataloging and asset management system created by ARTstor in collaboration with eight colleges and universities (Harvard and Yale Universities as lead partners; Cornell University, University of Illinois, University of Miami and New York University as university partners, and Colby and Middlebury Colleges) and currently being rolled out at an initial group of 25 subscribing institutions. This session will present a conversation about the business and fee model (which aims at cost-recovery in accordance with ARTstor’s non-profit mission). Discussion topics will include:
- introducing an enterprise-wide software-as-a-service model into existing workflows and budgetary lines
- advantages and disadvantages of models that include utilization fees
- collaborative planning for software services across consortial partners
- community involvement/interests in working with collaborative but external non-profits on business models and fee structures
While the session will focus on the particular case of Shared Shelf, the issues should be relevant to other community-based collaborative ventures as well.
