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A Tale of Two Collaborations: Shared Discovery Through the Eyes of TRLN and BorrowDirect

Home / Project Briefing Pages / CNI Fall 2017 Project Briefings / A Tale of Two Collaborations: Shared Discovery Through the Eyes of TRLN and BorrowDirect

November 26, 2017

Timothy M. McGeary
Associate University Librarian for Information Technology Services
Duke University

Joe M. Williams
Interim Associate University Librarian for Collections & Services
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Elisabeth M. Long
Associate University Librarian for IT and Digital Scholarship
University of Chicago

Robert Cartolano
Associate Vice President for Technology and Preservation
Columbia University

Heidi Nance
Director of Resource Sharing Initiatives
Ivy Plus Libraries Partnership

Lisa Croucher
Executive Director
Triangle Research Libraries Network

Ben Heet
Program Officer
Triangle Research Libraries Network

In this session, panelists representing the memberships of TRLN (Triangle Research Libraries Network) and Ivy Plus will discuss their experiences working on two different collaborative projects that each aim to provide shared discovery of collections across multiple institutions: TRLN’s Discovery Project and IvyPlus’s BorrowDirect Shared Index Project. The panel will discuss the benefits of collaboration and explore the challenges presented by their different contexts including: • Formal vs. informal organizational structures • Different levels of staffing • An upgrade project vs. a new initiative • Use of dedicated staff vs. consultants • Geographic proximity vs. dispersion Despite these differences, both projects also have many aspects in common. Both have questions about sustaining and maintaining the shared discovery platforms, and both expect local uses of the shared discovery index to take priority in decision making. Panelists will share the successes each collaboration has accomplished and lessons learned to date. Panelists will engage with each other, and the audience, to explore the issues raised in these two case studies in order to highlight some of the more complex and rewarding aspects of collaborative IT projects.

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Filed Under: CNI Fall 2017 Project Briefings, Information Access & Retrieval, Project Briefing Pages
Tagged With: cni2017fall, Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions

Last updated:  Friday, December 22nd, 2017

 

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