Collections Community
The Collections Community provides a space for COPPUL member libraries to exchange ideas and develop potential programs to support collections development.
Chair
Francine May, Mount Royal University (April 2021 - March 2025)
Purpose
The Collections Community will provide support and guidance across its community:
- Monitor trends in library collections services in order to generate ideas for enhancement of collections initiatives at the consortium level.
- Make recommendations to the COPPUL board on policies or strategic initiatives that could be resolved through collective action.
- Serve as a forum for sharing information about collection management issues and best practices for licensing electronic resources at both the consortium and institutional levels.
- Organize webinars on collections issues to support the work of the collections staff at COPPUL member organizations.
- Communicate and coordinate with other COPPUL committees and working groups as needed to carry out the above.
Membership
Membership is open to any interested individual.
To become a member of this community, please send a request to be added to the Collections Community to execdir@coppul.ca.
Members
Collections Community
- Chair: Francine May, Mount Royal University (April 2021 – March 2025)
- Membership is open to any interested individual. The community currently has 87 members.
Collections Community Terms of Reference
Collections Community Agenda Working Group
- Chair: Francine May, Mount Royal University (until February 2025)
- Jennifer Fairchild, University of British Columbia (until February 2025)
- Christine Hoepnner, University of Winnipeg (until February 2025)
- Joey da Costa, Thompson Rivers University (until February 2026)
- Nicole Eva, University of Lethbridge (until February 2026)