In the final episode of this four-part series, our guests discuss shared services library consortia provide their members. Teri Gallaway of SCELC (Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium), Genya O’Gara of VIVA (Virtual Library of Virginia), Amy Pawlowski of OhioLINK, and Jill Morris of PALCI (Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration and Innovation), define shared services, then provide an overview of their offerings. For example, Teri chats about SCELC’s new Impact as Service program born from community feedback, and Amy digs into providing the economic value of OhioLINK to member libraries (pages 6-7)—particularly useful when library leaders defend budgets to financial offices. Further, Genya previews a forthcoming data dashboard shared between institutions and Jill spotlights the Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project, a recommended set of practices for collection development. To close, our guests share upcoming goals and projects, including developments in open access and pragmatic approaches to AI.

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