International Coalition of Library Consortia

Council of Australian University Librarians
CAUL
Website: http://www.caul.edu.au/

Brief description

To support CAUL members in the achievement of their objectives, especially the provision of access to, and training in the use of, scholarly information, leadership in the management of information and contribution to the university experience.

In pursuit of this mission CAUL develops a national perspective on issues relevant to university libraries, provides a forum for discussion and collaboration and works to promote common interests.

Its programs include inter alia University Library Australia (a national borrowing program), the Australasian Digital Theses Program, CAIRSS (CAUL Australian Institutional Repository Support Service) and its consortial purchasing program, under the auspices of the CEIRC program.

CAUL's Electronic Information Resources Committee. CEIRC is an advisory committee providing recommendations and advice to CAUL on matters relating to electronic information resources, particularly cooperative purchasing, IT infrastructure, mirroring, archiving, publishers' pricing models, licence agreements, and intra-consortium cost-sharing models, etc.

Legal structure

Other (specify): University Library-supported (voluntary)

Primary functions

• Electronic content licensing
• Other: advocacy/communication, benchmarking/statistics, best practice, digital repositories; national borrowing program; digital theses program; statistics collection for universities in Australia and New Zealand; copyright advice.
  

Number and type of member libraries

Academic: 48 universities (39 from Australia, 8 from New Zealand, 1 from Fiji) plus 3 higher education institutions in New Zealand

Special: 19 government departments or research organizations in Australian and New Zealand

Additional material/URLS

CEIRC Program: http://www.caul.edu.au/caul-programs/ceirc
-- CAUL Electronic Information Resources Committee - Terms of reference, etc: http://www.caul.edu.au/caul-programs/ceirc/ceirc-terms-of-reference
-- List of current proposals to CEIRC participants: http://www.caul.edu.au/caul-programs/ceirc/offers
-- Strategic Plan http://www.caul.edu.au/about-caul/caul-strategic-plan
-- Australian Digital Theses (ADT) Program: http://www.caul.edu.au/caul-programs/australasian-digital-theses
-- ULA (University Library Australia) - the national borrowing program: http://www.caul.edu.au/caul-programs/university-library-australia
-- CAUL Statistics: http://www.caul.edu.au/caul-programs/caul-statistics
-- CAIRSS (CAUL Australian Institutional Repository Support Service) http://www.caul.edu.au/caul-programs/cairss>http://www.caul.edu.au/caul-programs/cairss