CONSORT Colleges is a term used to refer to the consortium of four

academic libraries An academic library is a library that is attached to a higher education institution and serves two complementary purposes: to support the curriculum and the research of the university faculty and students. It is unknown how many academic librar ...

in Ohio:

Denison University Denison University is a private liberal arts college in Granville, Ohio. One of the earliest colleges established in the former Northwest Territory, Denison University was founded in 1831. The college was first called the Granville Literary and ...

Kenyon College Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio. It was founded in 1824 by Philander Chase. Kenyon College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Kenyon has 1,708 undergraduates enrolled. Its 1,000-acre campus is ...

, Ohio Wesleyan University and The College of Wooster. The primary objective of this collaboration is to share the cost of library resources and services including: the CONSORT

integrated library system An integrated library system (ILS), also known as a library management system (LMS), is an enterprise resource planning system for a library, used to track items owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed. An ILS usually is co ...

; CONStor, a high density off-site storage facility; cooperative collection development; library technical services work flow redesign; and an information literacy tutorial. The CONSORT Colleges along with Oberlin College comprise the Five Colleges of Ohio.

CONSORT

CONSORT is the name of the combined

shared by the CONSORT Colleges. The system runs on the Millennium software product developed by

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. CONSORT has been a member of

OhioLINK The Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK) is a consortium of Ohio's college and university libraries and the State Library of Ohio. Serving more than 800,000 students, faculty, and staff at 88 institutions with 117 libraries, OhioLINK's ...

since 1996.

References

Five Colleges of Ohio Library Resources & Initiatives

External links

CONSORT Home Page
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