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You’re invited to attend a webinar updating the community on the Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project! Join us to hear from steering committee and working group members on the progress of this IMLS-funded initiative to develop best practices for cooperative collections management across library networks.. 

PUBLIC UPDATE WEBINAR | FREE AND OPEN TO ALL

Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project (CCLP) Public Update Webinar

Thursday, March 28, 2024 1:00–2:00 pm EDT (US/Canada)

Cooperative collections management is the process by which networks of institutions work collaboratively to acquire, manage, circulate, and preserve collections.The CCLP seeks to overcome serious barriers to wider implementation and develop the standards and best practices needed to support cooperative selection, acquisitions, processing, and analytics. 

In this public webinar, NISO will update the community on the CCLP and the IMLS grant supporting this work. It will also provide information on the  current progress of the associated Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Infrastructure Project (CCLIP) and the Working Groups within this project.

Speakers: Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO; Millicent Fullmer, Acquisitions and Cataloging Librarian,University of San Diego; Filip Jakobsen, UX & Interaction Designer, Samhæng; Jesse Koennecke, Director of Acquisitions and E-Resource Licensing Services,Cornell University Library; Bill Maltarich, Head, Collection Development, New York University Division of Libraries; Jill Morris, Executive Director, PALCI; Boaz Nadav-Manes, University Librarian, Lehigh University; Jharina Pascual, Electronic Resources Acquisitions Librarian, University of California, Irvine.

This event is free and open to the public, but please register to attend.

This is the first of three events open to the public now through next month, including an open teleconference on KBART and an Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) workshop for libraries. Check the NISO upcoming events page for details on other educational programs, including our April webinar on Sustainability in Publishing and our eight-week training series on AI and prompt design!

Best, 

The NISO Team NISO 3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 302 Baltimore, MD 21211 Phone: 301.654.2512 E-mail: [log in to unmask]