Center for Research Libraries Joins Borrow Direct
The Center for Research Libraries has joined Borrow Direct, a patron-initiated, rapid book request and delivery system.
Borrow Direct now provides access to the collections of Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Yale, and the University of Pennsylvania libraries, as well as the holdings of the Center for Research Libraries. This new partnership will allow researchers at these Borrow Direct institutions to access CRL’s extensive collections directly, without going through their libraries. Users will have 24-hour availability to CRL collections, increasing access for CRL member institutions in the consortium.
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Filed under: Academic Libraries, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Publishing
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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