Core Library Consulting Interest Group

In the US-Canada shared print community, there are two organizations that exist to coordinate the activities of individual programs that are focused on the preservation of print materials held by libraries. One organization, the Rosemont Shared Print Alliance, addresses needs related to serials and journals and the second, the Partnership for Shared Book Collections, addresses the needs of monographs or books. The two organizations, while focused on different material formats, see significant overlap in interests, concerns, leadership, and membership. A task force charged with investigating these issues recommended the merger of the two organizations to become a single administrative body to provide unified leadership for these programs. The Executive Committees of both organizations ratified the recommendation. A summit was held to clarify the purpose of the merged organization and to determine next steps toward merger, which included hiring an expert to develop business and governance models.

The two existing organizations have posted an RFP to identify a consultant to lead the work of proposing how the new merged organization will operate. The consultant will work with the Rosemont-Partnership Merger Implementation Task Force, composed of two representatives from each of the Rosemont and Partnership Executive and Operations Committees (8 total members). The RFP is available for review through the Rosemont website: https://rosemontsharedprintalliance.org/sites/rosemontsharedprintalliance.org/files/Shared_Print_Merger_RFP.pdf