No Substantial Penalty for Withdrawal: Investing in a Different Collaborative Model for the Shared Print Archive

The Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI) has developed a shared print archive, one that promises to maintain for a 10-year period commonly held but rarely used print journals from noted scientific society publishers. The goals for this collaborative project are to ensure access to commonly held print journal titles, to allow libraries to withdraw materials, to re-purpose valuable space in individual libraries, and to share the responsibility of storing print titles at individual institutions instead of requiring a centralized storage facility. The presenters discuss the grassroots origins for this project and the process decisions involved in turning the archive from vision into reality. Issues relating to preservation, access services, serials management, collection development, and library contractual agreements will be discussed. The presenters also discuss possible future projects and how this shared print archive intersects with other archives in development nationally and internationally