Presenting a weekly conversation about the who, what, why, and how of research creation, publication, and discovery. Join your host Bill Mickey and a rotating cast of librarians, technologists, authors, and other academic library luminaries as they chat about the ways in which scholarly content is created, preserved, and distributed. Book talks, digital resource tours, the latest tech, and emerging trends in academic librarianship are all up for discussion in this award-winning podcast.
Defining Shared Services and What’s Next for Library Consortia
In the final episode of this four-part series, our guests discuss shared services library consortia provide their members. Teri Gallaway of SCELC (https://scelc.org/home) (Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium), Genya O’Gara of VIVA (https://vivalib.org/viva/homepage) (Virtual Library of Virginia), Amy Pawlowski of OhioLINK (https://www.ohiolink.edu/), and Jill Morris of PALCI (https://palci.org/) (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 (https://scelc.org/blog/SCELC-Launches-New-Return-on-Investment-ROI-and-Impact-Service-to-Support-Member-Libraries) born from community feedback, and Amy digs into providing the economic value of OhioLINK to member libraries (https://www.ohiolink.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/OhioLINK%20Membership%20Report%20FY2025.pdf) (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 (https://sites.google.com/view/cclifecycleproject/home), 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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22 Apr 2026
How Library Consortia Support Affordability and Student Success
In the third episode of this four-part series, our guests examine how library consortia support student success and affordability. First, Teri Gallaway, Executive Director of SCELC (https://scelc.org/home) (Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium), explains how SCELC invests in the projects of member institutions and partner organizations to achieve their goals and extend services in affordability. Next, Genya O’Gara, Director of VIVA (https://vivalib.org/viva/homepage) (Virtual Library of Virginia), outlines the findings of VIVA’s 2025 Virginia Course Materials Survey (https://vivalib.org/va/open/survey), discussing what’s changed since the last time VIVA ran the survey in 2021. Amy Pawlowski, Executive Director of OhioLINK (https://www.ohiolink.edu/), chats about OhioLINK’s affordable learning strategies, which include training librarians on finding OER resources, funding the course flip to OER, and building community across consortia around affordable materials. Last, Jill Morris, Executive Director of PALCI (https://palci.org/) (Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration and Innovation), explores PALCI’s support for OER materials and the surveys, funding structures, and communication with members involved in this work.
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14 Apr 2026
Why Library Consortia Are More than Just Content Buyers
In the second episode of this four-part series, our guests prove library consortia to be more than just content buyers. Featuring Jill Morris, Executive Director of PALCI (https://palci.org/) (Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration and Innovation), Teri Gallaway, Executive Director of SCELC (https://scelc.org/home) (Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium), Amy Pawlowski, Executive Director of OhioLINK (https://www.ohiolink.edu/), and Genya O’Gara, Director of VIVA (https://vivalib.org/viva/homepage) (Virtual Library of Virginia), this episode explores the infrastructure consortia build for members, highlighting VIVA’s Open and Affordable Program (https://vivalib.org/va/open), SCELC’s FOLIO project (https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/MU06Cv2YjAf25ZZ8QCziJIQnXXv?domain=scelc.org), PALCI’s EZBorrow Service (https://palci.org/services/ezborrow-and-palcis-shared-index/), and OhioLINK’s shared catalog (https://www.ohiolink.edu/press/ohiolink_libraries_%E2%80%9Cgo_live%E2%80%9D_state_of_the_art_system_software) in the process. In addition, our guests position consortia as strategic intermediaries and leaders in the higher education community. They discuss recent initiatives their consortia have introduced, such as partnerships with the Authors Alliance (https://palci.org/news-release-palci-and-authors-alliance-announce-consortium-wide-partnership-to-strengthen-scholarly-communication-and-information-policy/) to bolster information policy and strategies to support accessibility roadmaps and implementation.
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