@article{Cutright_2017, title={Consortia Building: A Handshake and a Smile, Island Style}, volume={19}, url={https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/10083}, DOI={10.6017/ital.v19i2.10083}, abstractNote={<p class="p1">In th<span class="s1">e e</span>valuation of consortia and what constitutes these <span class="s1">e</span>ntiti<span class="s1">es </span>th<span class="s1">e </span>discussion runs th<span class="s1">e g</span>amut. From small<span class="s1">, </span>loos<span class="s1">e</span>ly kn<span class="s1">i</span>t <span class="s1">g</span>roups who are int<span class="s1">e</span>r<span class="s1">es</span>t<span class="s1">e</span>d in cooperation for th<span class="s1">e s</span>ak<span class="s1">e o</span>f impro<span class="s1">v</span>ing <span class="s1">se</span>r<span class="s1">v</span>i<span class="s1">c</span>e<span class="s1">s </span>to la<span class="s1">rg</span>e membership dri<span class="s1">ve</span>n org<span class="s1">a</span>ni<span class="s1">z</span>ations addr<span class="s1">ess</span>in<span class="s1">g </span>multiple intere<span class="s1">s</span>t<span class="s1">s</span>, all r<span class="s1">ecog</span>ni<span class="s1">ze </span>th<span class="s1">e </span>b<span class="s1">e</span>nefit<span class="s1">s </span>of partn<span class="s1">e</span>r<span class="s1">s</span>hip<span class="s1">s. </span>Th<span class="s1">e </span>F<span class="s1">e</span>d<span class="s1">e</span>rated States of Micr<span class="s1">o</span>n<span class="s1">es</span>ia ar<span class="s1">e </span>located in th<span class="s1">e </span>w<span class="s1">es</span>t<span class="s1">e</span>rn Pacific Ocean and <span class="s1">c</span>ov<span class="s1">e</span>r 3<span class="s2">.</span>2 million square mil<span class="s1">es. </span>Throughout this scatt<span class="s1">e</span>rin<span class="s1">g o</span>f small islands exists an <span class="s1">e</span>nthusiastic library community of <span class="s1">s</span>taff and users that hav<span class="s1">e c</span>han<span class="s1">ge</span>d the outlook of librari<span class="s1">e</span>s since 1991. Mot<span class="s1">i</span>vat<span class="s1">e</span>d by the collaborat<span class="s1">v</span>i<span class="s1">e e</span>f <span class="s1">o</span>rt<span class="s1">s </span>of this group<span class="s1">, </span>a pr<span class="s1">o</span>j<span class="s1">ec</span>t ha<span class="s1">s </span>unfold<span class="s1">e</span>d o<span class="s1">v</span>er th<span class="s1">e </span>past y<span class="s1">e</span>ar that will furth<span class="s1">e</span>r <span class="s1">e</span>nhan<span class="s1">ce </span>library ser<span class="s1">v</span>ices throu<span class="s1">g</span>h staff training and educ<span class="s1">a</span>ti<span class="s1">o</span>n whil<span class="s1">e </span>utilizin<span class="s1">g </span>inno<span class="s1">v</span>ativ<span class="s1">e </span>technology. In asse<span class="s1">ss</span>in<span class="s1">g </span>th<span class="s1">e </span>library needs of th<span class="s1">e </span>r<span class="s1">eg</span>ion thi<span class="s1">s g</span>roup crafted th<span class="s1">e </span>do<span class="s1">c</span>um<span class="s1">e</span>nt <span class="s1">"</span>The Federated Stat<span class="s1">e</span>s of Micronesia Library S<span class="s1">e</span>rvic<span class="s1">e</span>s Plan, <span class="s3">1999-2003," </span>whi<span class="s1">c</span>h coalesces the concept<span class="s1">s, </span>goal<span class="s1">s, </span>and priorities put forward by a broad-based contin<span class="s1">ge</span>ncy of librarians<span class="s1">. </span>The compilation of the plan and it<span class="s1">s </span>impl<span class="s1">e</span>m<span class="s1">e</span>ntation demonstrat<span class="s1">e </span>an understanding of th<span class="s1">e </span>i<span class="s1">s</span>su<span class="s1">es </span>and <span class="s1">ex</span>hibit the ing<span class="s1">e</span>nuity<span class="s1">, </span>cr<span class="s1">e</span>ati<span class="s1">v</span>ity<span class="s1">, </span>and willin<span class="s1">g</span>n<span class="s1">e</span>s<span class="s1">s </span>to <span class="s1">s</span>ol<span class="s1">v</span>e probl<span class="s1">e</span>m<span class="s1">s </span>on a <span class="s1">g</span>rand scal<span class="s1">e </span>addre<span class="s1">s</span>sin<span class="s1">g </span>th<span class="s1">e </span>n<span class="s1">eed</span>s of all libraries in this <span class="s1">v</span>a<span class="s1">s</span>t Pacifi<span class="s1">c </span>r<span class="s1">e</span>gion.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Information Technology and Libraries}, author={Cutright, Patricia}, year={2017}, month={Sep.}, pages={90–95} }