Rebecca,

This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but The University of
Toledo (with the soon-to-be-merged Medical University of Ohio) and
Bowling Green State University have begun a project to eliminate
duplication of print journal holdings in our nearby depository (the
Northwest Ohio Regional Book Depository).  We will look at eliminating
both existing duplicate holdings and future redundancy by developing a
procedure to send (and own) storage material collectively.  Ultimately,
this means that some journal volumes sent to the depository will be
shared by the two institutions at the item level.  (Much of this will
include JSTOR material as well as other journal collections that have
gone online.)

The Northeast Ohio Regional Depository has already undertaken a similar
approach.

These initiatives are not meant to address the need for regional or
state archival copies, only to prevent duplication of material in
facilities that are fast filling up.

Feel free to contact me if you'd like further information on our
project.

Lucy Duhon
Serials Librarian
Carlson Library/Serials Dept.
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH  43606

(Mail Stop # 509)

(419) 530-2838
(419) 530-2726 [fax]
lucy.duhon@utoledo.edu

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Kemp, Rebecca
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 2:02 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] distributed print depositories / consortial print
repositories for JSTOR volumes

*Apologies for cross-posting*

Hello, everyone-I am trying to find out about any cooperative
initiatives that may exist to house print volumes that are available in
JSTOR or other online platforms (but I'm particularly interested in
JSTOR).  Two kinds of efforts I've learned of are distributed print
depositories, such as the initiative involving CRL, Michigan State
University, UIUC, and Yale; and centralized consortial repositories,
such as the ReCAP project of Columbia, Princeton, and NYPL.  Does anyone
know of any other programs?  Are there any state-wide repository
initiatives in the works anywhere?

I have not yet done an exhaustive literature / Google search, but I
thought I'd ask for leads.

I am happy to report back on what I find.

Rebecca Kemp

Serials Supervisor Librarian

W.M. Randall Library

University of North Carolina Wilmington

601 S. College Rd.

Wilmington, NC 28403

Phone: (910)962-7220

Fax: (910)962-3078

kempr@uncw.edu <mailto:kempr@uncw.edu>