NEW ORLEANS, June 25, 2018 —The Rethinking Resource Sharing (RRS) Initiative has announced two winners of the 2018 Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Award. They are the IDS Project for IDS Logic, a highly customizable service that significantly enhances interlibrary loan…
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Thoughts on the RRSI STAR Checklist #2
The second post in our series of “Thoughts on the RRSI STAR Checklist” comes from ALA RUSA STARS Rethinking Resource Sharing Policies Committee member, Ronnie Broadfoot, on questions 96-100. Q96: ILL staff are careful when scanning to check for quality.…
Thoughts on the RRSI STAR Checklist
Though written with the intention of being as clear as possible, we realize that parts of the checklist may lead multiple interpretations or inspire question and confusion. In order to evolve the STAR Checklist and inspire conversation about innovative ways…
The 2018 Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Award: Call for Nominations
The Rethinking Resource Sharing (RRS) Innovation Award recognizes and honors an individual or institution for changes they have made to improve users’ access to information through resource sharing in their library, consortium, state, province or country. The purpose of the…
#RRSChat Storify Archive Updated
Thanks to everyone who joined us for today’s #RRSChat. and a big thank you to all of the participants during our third successful Fall series of Twitter chats! Due to popular demand, we’re going to try and continue the monthly…
Links to #RRSChats
Thanks again to everyone who joined us for today’s inaugural #RRSChat for the Fall 2015 season: “Ebooks and Beyond!”, with special thanks to Ryan Litsey and Kenny Ketner from Texas Tech University for sharing their experiences developing and managing the…
#RRSChat Fall 2015 Schedule!
The Rethinking Resource Sharing Committee is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our third series of monthly Twitter chats this Fall, starting next Wednesday, September 30th, from 12-1pm Eastern Time. Our first topic will be: “E-Books And Beyond!”…
Announcing RRSChat Times and Topics for Fall 2014
The Rethinking Resource Sharing Committee is excited to announce that we will be hosting another series of monthly Twitter chats this Fall, starting next Monday (September 29th) at 2pm EST. Our first topic will be: “Let’s Talk About Workflow”. How…
Let’s fix EU Copyright!
“The European Commission is thinking about the future of copyright in the EU, and your input can push them into the right direction.” Fair use and the right for libraries to share information is part of copyright law in the…
Next Twitter #RRSChat set for 11/18, 1 pm EST
Thanks to all who joined our last #RRSChat via Twitter and a special thanks to our moderator, @oodja, for leading the charge. Next up is international ILL. Date is Monday November 18th, time is 1:00 pm EST: International ILL is…