Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a consortium; of the nature of or resulting from an association or union.
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- adjective Of,
pertaining to, orresulting from theformation of aconsortium .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Stop spending to build research collections, and supply "books on demand" outside of special collections of record agreed-upon in consortial agreements.
OCLC survey: Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources 2006
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It's even more complicated than that when we take into consideration the consolidation of catalogs into consortial allied systems basically, one catalog that serves multiple libraries, in different states, even and the near monopoly on MARC data by OCLC.
Making Light: Scholarly works to avoid citing at all costs 2010
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Communicated with the catering office about a Faculty Senate event, emailed a consortial buying agency about my thumbs-up appraisal of their new blog, printed receipts for a SUNYLA reimbursement, and drafted an email to a student seeking an internship.
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Communicated with the catering office about a Faculty Senate event, emailed a consortial buying agency about my thumbs-up appraisal of their new blog, printed receipts for a SUNYLA reimbursement, and drafted an email to a student seeking an internship.
Library Day In The Life: Wednesday « Attempting Elegance 2009
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This five-year consortial agreement provides CAUL's 1.1 million users with access to Emerald's collection of online digital journals and databases
February 2007 2007
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Communicated with the catering office about a Faculty Senate event, emailed a consortial buying agency about my thumbs-up appraisal of their new blog, printed receipts for a SUNYLA reimbursement, and drafted an email to a student seeking an internship.
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Is there a next big thing in organizing libraries and cooperating on a bigger scale for technology, consortial buying, management organizational structure, etc.
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For those uncomfortable with commercial organizations operating within the academic community, it provides a purely consortial arrangement among similar not-for-profits.
Almost Open Access 2008
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These DRs can be assembled on a consortial basis, with institutions sharing access to DRs and each institution taking charge–exclusive charge, so as to avoid redundancy–of a certain number of topics.
Almost Open Access 2008
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Is there a next big thing in organizing libraries and cooperating on a bigger scale for technology, consortial buying, management organizational structure, etc.
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