eResources Consortium
The purpose of the eResources Consortium is to secure access to commercial electronic information resources for consortium members. These resources include full-text journals, local and international newspapers, ebooks and databases.
The Consortium aims to:
- simplify licensing arrangements
- improve cost benefits for member libraries
- explore opportunities for making electronic products more widely available to all Australians, regardless of where they live.
Find out more about eresources in NSLA libraries.
Achievements
- First phase of a core set of eResources for all Consortium libraries implemented in February 2012.
- Negotiating access, licensing and pricing with suppliers of electronic collections.
- Determining selection criteria in evaluating new electronic collections for purchase.
Working group members
- Kristen Dyer, National Library of Australia (project manager)
- Jo Beck, State Library of Tasmania
- Andrew Black, State Library of Western Australia
- Matthew Burless, Libraries ACT
- AnnMaree Darke, State Library of Queensland
- Marilyn Hawthorne, Northern Territory Library
- Di Markham, State Library of South Australia
- Barb Patison, State Library of Western Australia
- Lisa Peddey, State Library of Victoria
- Bridget Scott, State Library of Tasmania
- Sean Volke, State Library of New South Wales
- Pat Whalan, Northern Territory Library
- Julie Whiting, National Library of Australia
Contact the Consortium
Email: nslaconsortium@nla.gov.au
Mail:
National Library of Australia
ATTN: The Convenor
NSLA eResources Consortium
Resource Sharing Division
Parkes Place ACT 2600
Publications
eResources Consortium: terms of reference
Updated November 2012.