Welcome to the
Shared Print Toolkit
The Partnership for Shared Book Collections and the Rosemont Shared Print Alliance have merged into a single organization, the Shared Print Partnership.
Follow their progress on sharedprint.org
A shared print program, which is a type of collective collection, is a collection of libraries, usually academic, which agree to participate in the commitment to perpetually retain materials that are part of the scholarly record. This toolkit has been created by the Partnership for Shared Book Collections, a monographs based federation of shared print programs, and the Rosemont Shared Print Alliance, a journals based federation of shared print programs. The aim to share what has been learned by shared print programs.
Your feedback is welcome!
An introduction to the concept of Shared Print, appropriate for new program officers and those working in the field.
Table of Contents
MOUs, Policy Examples and Program Policy Pages
Participation, Governance and Staffing:
Participation
Types of Shared Print Programs
Starting or Joining an Existing Shared Print Program
Governance and Staffing
Governance and Staffing Models
Kieft/Revitt Matrix of Shared Print Program Agreements (2019)
Common Pitfalls
Introduction to Shared Print:
Shared Print Program Definition (pdf)
Shared Print Infographic (pdf)
Collective Collections (Wikipedia)
Introduction to the Partnership for Shared Book Collections (video)
Introduction to the Rosemont Shared Print Alliance (video)
Shared Print in the Collections Lifecycle (pdf)
The Value of Shared Print:
How Shared Print Aligns with Institutional Values (video)
{ROI information will be added from ROI Task Force when available}
Onboarding and Education
Onboarding examples from EAST (pdfs)
Best Practices for Shared Print Programs Education and Awareness
Talking to Vendors about Shared Print
Collection Analysis and Retention Commitments
Recording Retentions in ILS/LSP, OCLC and program databases
{Retention Period - Best Practice coming soon}
{Retention Period and Number of Copies Risk Tool coming soon}
Directories of Programs and Shared Print Discussion Lists
Program Directories and Listings
OCLC List of Approved Archiving Program Names
Libraries in Shared Print Programs (Excel) (Matthew Revitt, 2019)
Libraries Participating in the Rosemont Shared Print Alliance
Libraries Participating in the Partnership for Shared Book Collections
Discussion/Information Lists
OCLC Shared Print Community Center
Partnership Interested Google Group
SPEC Kit 345: Shared Print Programs (2014)
SPEC Kit 377: Print Retention Decision Making (ARL) (October 2013)
CDL, CRL & HathiTrust Shared Print Collaboration
Shared Print Agreements for Monographs: A User's Manual (MSCS, 2014)
Commonly Cited Resources
Validation Studies
Best Practices from the Partnership for Shared Book Collections
Partnership Best Practices
Review and reflect on a program or library's policies and procedures