Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore, from the perspective of a medium-sized academic library, how libraries can pursue and use collaboration with other units on campus to increase support and buy-in for digital collections.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is approached from the perspective of a medium-sized academic library located in Alabama, USA. This study examines ways to foster collaboration with diverse campus units, the challenges that can be encountered and ways to overcome these barriers to collaboration. Examples of the potential and realized benefits are also enumerated.

Findings

This paper demonstrates that, while there are challenges that must be overcome, regular and sustained collaboration with nonlibrary campus units can result in the creation of unique digital collections that such units are not capable of pursuing without library partnership. These partnerships increase visibility for the library and its services, as well as buy-in and support for digital collections from other campus units and, importantly, university administration.

Practical implications

Academic libraries, especially those at small- to medium-sized institutions, face continual budget restrictions and calls to justify the resources expended. This impacts all aspects of library services, but especially the creation of digital collections, which are cost- and labor-intensive. By offering examples of collaboration, libraries can explore ways to partner that will foster buy-in and support at their own institutions.

Originality/value

This paper provides examples and details considerations that can make the process of collaboration simpler and more effective for other academic libraries to pursue.

中文翻译：

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关于扩大数字馆藏校园购买的合作伙伴关系的观点

目的

本文旨在从中型学术图书馆的角度探讨图书馆如何寻求和利用与校园内其他单位的合作来增加对数字馆藏的支持和购买。

设计/方法/方法

本文是从位于美国阿拉巴马州的一家中型学术图书馆的角度进行的。本研究探讨了促进与不同校园单位合作的方法、可能遇到的挑战以及克服这些合作障碍的方法。还列举了潜在和已实现收益的示例。

发现

本文表明，虽然存在必须克服的挑战，但与非图书馆校园单位的定期和持续合作可能会导致创建独特的数字馆藏，而这些单位在没有图书馆合作的情况下无法追求。这些合作伙伴关系提高了图书馆及其服务的知名度，以及对来自其他校园单位的数字馆藏的购买和支持，更重要的是，大学管理部门。

实际影响

学术图书馆，尤其是中小型机构的图书馆，面临着持续的预算限制，并呼吁证明所花费的资源是合理的。这会影响图书馆服务的各个方面，尤其是数字馆藏的创建，这是成本和劳动密集型的。通过提供合作示例，图书馆可以探索合作方式，以促进他们自己机构的认同和支持。

原创性/价值

本文提供了示例和详细考虑因素，可以使其他学术图书馆追求的协作过程更简单、更有效。