Depositories and repositories: changing models of library storage in the USA
Abstract
Purpose
To identify the issues faced by shared library storage facilities involving collection ownership, services, and governance.
Design/methodology/approach
Literature‐based review describing the operations of shared library storage facilities in the USA.
Findings
There are 50 or more library storage facilities in the USA (including separate compact shelving buildings or wings), with others in various stages of planning and construction. Most of the existing facilities are operated by individual academic libraries for their own collections, but increasing numbers of shared facilities are being planned and built. As more and more US academic libraries operate or share storage facilities, they face issues involving collection ownership, services, and governance within their own constituencies. These shared facilities can form the infrastructure for the evolving international network of print repositories.
Originality/value
Provides models for operating shared library storage facilities and outlines next steps to develop an international repository network.
Keywords
Citation
Payne, L. (2005), "Depositories and repositories: changing models of library storage in the USA", Library Management, Vol. 26 No. 1/2, pp. 10-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/01435120510572815
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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