Libraries

The Libraries of the Big Ten Academic Alliance are aligned in the vision of uniting our separate collections into one collection, shared and fully networked: the BIG Collection. By this phrase we mean a holistic and comprehensive understanding of what a library "collection" is: not simply the things we hold, but our services; our people; our expertise; our technology; and our infrastructure.

In advancing this future of interdependence and excellence, we are guided by our North Star in everything that we do:

In order to advance a just, trustworthy, scalable & sustainable open knowledge ecosystem, make open, more equitable scholarship our lead purpose.

On these pages, you'll find more about the services, programs, and community that are advancing this vision in a principles-centered, mission-driven, values-aligned way.

Library News

 

CLI eNews Now Available

Mar 5, 2013, 09:57 by System
Th CIC's Center for Library Initiatives eNews is now available.  

There is a lot happening around the CLI as it plans the 2013 CIC Library Conference, partners with Springer is discuss the librarian/publisher relationship, and Mark Sandler discusses how research libraries are facing lots of a priori environmental challenges, check the March 2013 newsletter.

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