CDC, JULAC

Collsortiall

Consortiall is the central JULAC committee for the purchase of scholarly products that assist our university communities in their work, including the purchase of library collections in any medium or language. Consortiall was first established in May 1999 as a task force, which in turn became the Collaborative Development Committee, CDC. In November 2008 CDC's title was changed to Consortiall to reflect the changes and broadening of CDC's role.

Consortiall Membership

Libraries	Members	Phone / Fax
City University of Hong Kong	Prof. Steve Ching (Chair)	34426030 / 34420261
The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Colin Storey (Deputy Chair)	26097318 / 26036952
The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Eugenie Ng	26098743 / 26035676
City University of Hong Kong	Maria Leung	34426401 / 34420205
Hong Kong Baptist University	Wing Woo	34117965 / 34115590
The Hong Kong Institute of Education	Venia Mak	29486680 / 29488594
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Cindy Lui	27666910 / 23568827
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Josephine Lee	27666900 / 23568827
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Catherine Kwok	23586758 / 23581043
Lingnan University	Bill Tang	26168562 / 28386231
The University of Hong Kong	Janny Lai	39212902 / 25465340
JULAC Project Manager	Anne Douglas (Secretary)	26091143 / 26036584

Consortiall Affiliated Members

Other academic, public and institutional libraries are welcome to join Consortiall as affiliated members.

Current Consortiall Agreements

For further information on individual consortiums, please contact the listed consortium coordinator or the JULAC Office.

Current Consortiall Agreements

JULAC Statement on the Current Financial Crisis and its Effects on JULAC Librariesˇ Budgets

JULAC Statement on the Current Financial Crisis and its Effects on JULAC Librariesˇ Budgets June 2009.
JULAC has endorsed the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) Statement on the Global Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Consortial Licenses of January 19, 2009

Guidelines for license negotiation

Consortiall has compiled a set of general guidelines for license negotiation with the aim of providing terms of reference for use by JULAC member libraries during the negotiation processes.

JULAC Major Purchase Programs

HKMAC

Established in 2005 the Hong Kong Monograph Acquisitions Consortium (HKMAC) enables the eight libraries to use their collective purchasing power to purchase English language print monographs at a very significant discount.

ERALL

Through the UGC funding for the Electronic Resources Academic Library Link (ERALL), the JULAC libraries have purchased over 16,000 English language e-books with perpetual access for multiple simultaneous users. The purchased e-books cover a wide range of subjects to support the UGC funded programmes. As part of the Electronic Resources Academic Library Link (ERALL) project, an international conference "Emerging Paradigms for Academic Library E-Book Acquisition and Use: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities", was held in June 2008 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The conference aimed to promote the exchange of experiences and best practices in strategic collection development, acquisitions, promotion and use of e-books . Conference presentations can be found at http://dspace.cityu.edu.hk/handle/2031/4.

Last Updated: 6-August-2010