Resource Sharing Development and Challenge in Academic Libraries: the Case Study of CALIS

Yao Xiaoxia(姚晓霞)-Deputy general secretary, CALIS Administrative Center,CALIS, Peking University Library

CALIS is a public service system of “Project 211” in China and a Chinese Academic Library consortium at the same time. With a broad understanding of its members’ issues, the framework of CALIS has been constructed to allow easy interconnection and interoperability among academic libraries. At the same time, CALIS have been developed different kinds of resources and services which definitely promote opportunities to facilitate resource sharing among academic libraries. In the 3rd phase of its development which began in 2010, CALIS will continue to develop strong programs, advance the high educational environment, improve the quality of resources and services for its members and the end users, and to promote the resource sharing action among member libraries to a higher level.
Presentation [PPT]