Final figures for MSCS retention commitments can be found here. MSCS partner libraries have committed to retain a total of 1,422,342 print monographs, serials, and journals.
Final figures for MSCS retention commitments are released
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Maine Library Association publish article on MSCS
The July edition of the Maine Library Association’s newsletter A to ZÂ features an article on the work of MSCS, written by the MSCS Program Manager Matthew Revitt. Click here for an online version of the article.
Summary of June 17 Collection Development/Technical Services Committees meeting now available
The summary of the June 17 joint Collection Development/Technical Services Committees meeting is now available.
MSCS release shared print guidance
The Maine Shared Collections Strategy is pleased to announce the release of their Shared Print Agreements for Monographs: A User’s Manual. The manual provides advice on shared print based on experiences at MSCS. We hope other projects will find it a useful resource.
MSCS release retention commitment change policy & transfer procedure
The Maine Shared Collections Strategy have produced a policy and procedure to address situations when libraries identify on a limited title-by-title basis (i.e., not in large batches) titles which should have their retention commitment removed or transferred to another library. See Policy on Retention Commitment Changes and Procedure for the External Transfer of Retention Commitments.
May 28 Directors’ Council meeting summary now available
The summary of the May 28 MSCS Directors’ Council meeting is now available. This was the final Directors’ Council meeting.
MSCS paper published by Charleston Conference
MSCS mentioned in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
The presentation delivered by MSCS representatives Deb Rollins and Matthew Revitt at this year’s New England Library Association conference was mentioned in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly Volume 52, no.3.
MSCS May 2014 update report is now available
The May 2014 MSCS update report is now available. The report covers the last six months of MSCS activities and has been submitted to the MSCS Advisory Board as a our final report to them.
MSCS PI Clem Guthro feat. in shared print white paper
MSCS PI Clem Guthro (Director of Colby College Libraries) features in a whitepaper on shared print produced by Innovative.
