document: International library consortia : positive starts , promising futures Library consortia have grown substantially over the past ten years , both within North America and globally . As this resurgent consortial movement has begun to mature , and as publishers and vendors have begun to adapt to consortial purchasing models , consortia have expanded their agendas for action . The movement to globalize consortia is traced -LRB- including the development and current work of the International Coalition of Library Consortia-ICOLC -RRB- . A methodology is explored to classify library consortia by articulating the key factors that affect and distinguish consortia as organizations within three major areas : strategic , tactical , and practical -LRB- or managerial -RRB- concerns . Common consortial values are examined , and a list of known international library consortia is presented
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