Future of ILL (Walled Gardens?) Discussions, 2021
These three conversations were facilitated by Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative members Lars Leon and Tom Bruno at different events in 2021. Questions asked: Are we headed towards ILL Walled Gardens? As new systems become options, will they provide greater functionality within their system but not interoperate with others? What else impacts our ability to share? At the same time, what are the really cool things going on that helps us effectively share?
- RRSI sponsored virtual conversations summer of 2021 ~ Ideas from attendees (around 170 at each session) See https://rethinkingresourcesharing.org/rrsi-april-future-ill-virtual-conversations/
- Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) Resource Sharing Collection Development Joint virtual meeting.
- 2021 Northwest Resource Sharing Conference. See https://rethinkingresourcesharing.org/nw-ill-rs-conference-sept-2021-ill-virtual-conversations/
2017 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference Plenary Session Ideas
The Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative has been inspired by our original manifesto. In 2017, we asked for ideas to update or rethink the manifesto. Please see a great list of action ideas contributed by over 200 people who participated in the discussion. We asked: Who are we serving? What sources of information are our customers looking for? What is it, where is it, how do we get it? How do consortiums/groups impact ILL now and how might they in the future? How do licenses and copyright laws impede your ability to share needed information? How do we maximize legal sharing in this climate? For each of these themed questions, small groups discussed: What are you going to do? What should/will your library do? What should/will the ILL community do?
Innovation Award, 2008-2019
The Rethinking Resource Sharing (RRS) Innovation Award recognized and honored an individual or institution for changes they made to improve users’ access to information through resource sharing in their library, consortium, state, province or country. The purpose of the award was to showcase innovation in resource sharing around the world and to encourage other librarians and libraries to make changes in their resource sharing operations to improve service to library users. RRS looked for efforts in which people had taken the initiative to address a need on their own rather than waiting for others to provide solutions for resource sharing challenges. The Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Award consisted of a $500 cash award and a citation honoring the winning nominee(s). See a list of past Innovation Award winners here: https://rethinkingresourcesharing.org/innovation-award/winners/
GoGetter! Button, 2008
The Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative created an open-source, vendor-neutral plugin that let people search the web to get published items from a variety of sources, including libraries and booksellers. When the plugin is used through a browser, a list of sources appears showing the source, format, title, author, terms of use, and any cost. The user can simply click on the item they want and, depending on their choice, can then be able to order the item, place a hold, make an ILL request, or view the item online. More information can be found in this article: Beaubien, A. K., & Stevens, P. (2008). Rethinking Resource Sharing. Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 19(1–2), 3–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/07377790802308581
Rethinking Resource Sharing Forums, 2005-2009
The Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative organized a series of four forums between 2005 and 2009 with the goal of bringing together resource sharing practitioners and inspiring speakers to brainstorm ways to move the work of the Initiative forward and improve resource sharing overall.
Forum 1: November 14-15, 2005, Dublin, Ohio Notes
Forum 2: February 28-March 1, 2006, Denver, Colorado Notes
Forum III: April 19-20, 2007, Chicago, Illinois
Selected presentations:
Michael Stephens, Assistant Professor, Dominican University School of Library and Information Science
Tame the Web: Libraries and Technology
Linda Frueh and Alexis Rossi (Internet Archive)
Rethinking Resource Sharing: The Internet Archive Perspective
Forum IV: May 13-14, 2009, Dublin, Ohio
Speakers and selected presentations:
Ed Rothman, University of Michigan, Professor of Statistics and Director of CSCAR
Rethinking Resource Sharing
Mark Leggott, University of Prince Edward Island, University Librarian
“Exploring open source software for libraries and the open access initiatives at UPEI”
Michael Edson, Smithsonian Institution, Director, Web and New Media Strategy
Resource Sharing Remixed
Katie Birch, OCLC Delivery Services, Portfolio manager
Global issues for resource sharing