Best Practices

Collection Analysis

Collection Scope

Digital Surrogates

Disclosure of Items in Local System

Exiting a Shared Print Program

Expiring Commitments

Geographic Distribution

Memorandums of Understanding

Moving Items to Storage

Policy Development & Program Management

Preservation in a Shared Print Program

Program Assessment

Resource Sharing and Access

Retention Period and Survivability

Scarce Copies

Shared Print Education & Awareness

Shared Print Program Partnerships

Sharing Metadata & Records

Storage Environment

Transferring Commitments or Materials

The Partnership Best Practices Working Group is also developing an assessment tool/checklist which programs can use to determine how well they adhere to the best practices. This tool is expected to be available in 2023.

Last updated April 2022

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