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membership:access_for_cluster_libraries [2012/08/31 09:57] – external edit 127.0.0.1membership:access_for_cluster_libraries [2014/09/02 17:23] – [Decision to approve] hart
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 ====== Access for Cluster libraries ====== ====== Access for Cluster libraries ======
    
-CERL has decided to extend the benefit of full membership by encouraging its members to give access to the HPB database in smaller collections with which they have a working relationship. This can be local or regional, a subject orientation, or through a union catalogue. The maximum of institutions that can form a cluster is fifteen. If further cluster libraries are required, these may be allowed at a cost of 500 Euros a year.+CERL has decided to extend the benefit of Single membership by encouraging its members to give access to the HPB database in smaller collections with which they have a working relationship. This can be local or regional, a subject orientation, or through a union catalogue. The maximum of institutions that can form a cluster is fifteen. If further cluster libraries are required, these may be allowed at a cost of 500 Euros a year.
  
 Directors and members have agreed to the following conditions:  Directors and members have agreed to the following conditions: 
  
   * Access will be given only to the HPB Database. Any other files that are accessible in priced searches to all forms of membership except Associate members will not be available to the cluster libraries.   * Access will be given only to the HPB Database. Any other files that are accessible in priced searches to all forms of membership except Associate members will not be available to the cluster libraries.
-  * Access to the database by cluster libraries has to be proposed by a Full member and be approved by the Board of Directors. +  * Access to the database by cluster libraries has to be proposed by a Single member and be approved by the Board of Directors. 
-  * The period covered by approval will be three years and will coincide with the Full member’s Funding Agreement, and will be reviewed at the end of that period in order to ensure that the arrangement is operating to satisfaction. +  * The period covered by approval will be three years and will coincide with the Single member’s Funding Agreement, and will be reviewed at the end of that period in order to ensure that the arrangement is operating to satisfaction. 
-  * The number of cluster libraries that can be attached to a Full membership must not exceed fifteen. +  * The number of cluster libraries that can be attached to a Single membership must not exceed fifteen. 
-  * The cluster libraries are not members / partners of the Consortium, and have no voting rights in meetings. The Full member is their sole representative.+  * The cluster libraries are not members / partners of the Consortium, and have no voting rights in meetings. The Single member is their sole representative.
   * The cluster libraries do not have the right to be represented on CERL’s committees or boards.   * The cluster libraries do not have the right to be represented on CERL’s committees or boards.
   * The cluster libraries will not be allocated individual CERL accounts.   * The cluster libraries will not be allocated individual CERL accounts.
-  * The Full member will be accountable for costs (if any) incurred. There will therefore be no administrative costs for CERL.+  * The Single member will be accountable for costs (if any) incurred. There will therefore be no administrative costs for CERL.
   * There are no charges for access by the cluster libraries to the HPB Database and, therefore, it is not foreseen that any costs will be incurred.   * There are no charges for access by the cluster libraries to the HPB Database and, therefore, it is not foreseen that any costs will be incurred.
-  * The Full member will be provided with a password and will undertake responsibility for issuing the password to the cluster libraries. +  * The Single member will be provided with a password and will undertake responsibility for issuing the password to the cluster libraries. 
-  * The scheme is available only to Full members.+  * The scheme is available only to Single members.
  
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 Nevertheless, any of these elements may be taken into account. In addition it is possible to draw up a profile of a cluster group:  Nevertheless, any of these elements may be taken into account. In addition it is possible to draw up a profile of a cluster group: 
  
-  * The libraries will operate under the aegis of one Full member.+  * The libraries will operate under the aegis of one Single member.
   * They will have important collections and/or automated files in progress of significance for the HPB Database which in due course may benefit.   * They will have important collections and/or automated files in progress of significance for the HPB Database which in due course may benefit.
   * Since the Consortium’s aim is to make the database as comprehensive as possible, it hopes to include any files created in the cluster libraries.   * Since the Consortium’s aim is to make the database as comprehensive as possible, it hopes to include any files created in the cluster libraries.
   * They will have in common either a local or regional or national location, or specialist subject matter (e.g. medicine, architecture).   * They will have in common either a local or regional or national location, or specialist subject matter (e.g. medicine, architecture).
-  * The criterion 'small' is in many cases not appropriate. The notion may be useful that in spite of a distinct identity they operate within a larger library structure in which the Full member has a leading role. +  * The criterion 'small' is in many cases not appropriate. The notion may be useful that in spite of a distinct identity they operate within a larger library structure in which the Single member has a leading role. 
-  * It is not feasible to expect that they will be able to become a Full member, a Special member or a partner in a Group membership.+  * It is not feasible to expect that they will be able to become a Single member, a Special member or a partner in a Group membership.
  
 ===== Decision to approve ===== ===== Decision to approve =====
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 Since it is clearly not possible to formulate a set of absolute criteria, it follows that each proposal will have to be judged on its individual merits. Since it is clearly not possible to formulate a set of absolute criteria, it follows that each proposal will have to be judged on its individual merits.
  
-The CERL Board of Directors is the governing body in control of membership. The decision to accept a proposal made by a Full member will therefore be made at the discretion of the Board of Directors. A standard period is however agreed as the term after which the arrangement should be reviewed.+The CERL Board of Directors is the governing body in control of membership. The decision to accept a proposal made by a Single member will therefore be made at the discretion of the Board of Directors. A standard period is however agreed as the term after which the arrangement should be reviewed.
  
  
 membership/access_for_cluster_libraries.txt · Last modified: 2014/09/02 17:24 by hart

 

 

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