Holy Family University Joins Partnership for Academic 图书馆 Collaboration and Innovation

Holy Family University recently was welcomed into the Partnership for Academic 图书馆 Collaboration and Innovation (PALCI) as one of the consortium’s now membership of 74 academic and research libraries.

Through the partnership, Holy Family University 教师, students 和工作人员 gain access to PALCI’s shared catalog containing more than 46 million items in library collections owned by partnership institutions.  The University also will have immediate access to substantial electronic content, including more than 300,000 eBooks from top publishers through the consortium’s agreements. Holy Family University library users will benefit from PALCI’s EZBorrow resource-sharing platform and can now leverage this expedited interlibrary loan service to efficiently discover, 请求, 借书, and other physical library materials, from more than 60 college and university member libraries in the region.

“We look forward to the enhanced learning and research opportunities this alliance will bring to our students, 教师, 和工作人员,” Holy Family University 图书馆 Director Shannon Brown said.  “在接下来的几周内, our library staff will begin working with PALCI and the consortium’s service providers to plan the technical aspects of the library’s EZBorrow implementation, as well as the training and onboarding of library staff, with a launch date to be determined and announced later this year.”

另外, Holy Family University will be a participant in PALCI’s Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative through Affordable Learning PA, a member-led community practice, developed through a 图书馆 Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant that was secured and directed by PALCI. 

“Open educational resources will not only ease our students’ financial burdens but also pave the way for a more inclusive and innovative learning environment,布朗说.  “This partnership both expands our access to a wealth of academic resources and strengthens the sense of community and collaboration among institutions.”
Originally founded as the Pennsylvania Academic 图书馆 Consortium, 公司., PALCI has expanded its membership to include members in New Jersey, New York, and West Virginia. PALCI members include small, private liberal arts colleges and very large public and private institutions working together to harness the power and scale of this large and diverse collaboration.

“PALCI’s value proposition is one that is truly bi-directional, and one of partnership,” PALCI Executive Director Jill Morris said. “通过加入PALCI, Holy Family University gains access to the collections sharing opportunities that are often unattainable when going it alone. 同时, PALCI is delighted to begin collaborating with Holy Family University and is strengthened by the unique strengths, 专业知识, and colleagues they bring to our mix.”

To explore how PALCI supports academic and research libraries in Pennsylvania and the surrounding geographic region, 访问 http://palci.org/about/members.

关于PALCI
PALCI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization, which originated in 1996 as the Pennsylvania Academic 图书馆 Consortium, 公司., a grassroots federation of 35 academic libraries in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Known today as the Partnership for Academic 图书馆 Collaboration and Innovation, the PALCI membership has grown to include more than 70 academic and research libraries in Pennsylvania and contiguous states. PALCI’s mission is to enable cost-effective and sustainable access to information resources and services for academic libraries in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. PALCI is well known for its highly-regarded EZBorrow consortia ILL service. PALCI members partner to serve over 800,000名学生, 教师, 和工作人员, with a particular focus on collaborative collections programs, resource sharing services, and innovative technology projects and approaches to library services. For more information contact .