International Coalition of Library Consortia

Gauteng and Environs Library Consortium
GAELIC
Website: http://www.gaelic.ac.za

Brief description

GAELIC is a regional academic library consortium established in 1996 as a programme of FOTIM, a South African higher education consortium. Initially established to collaborate in the purchase of a common library system its focus has evolved to ensuring the effective use of the library system; skills development and capacity building of member library staff and seeking opportunities for resource sharing and cooperative purchasing. Its benefits include: providing networking opportunities among member library staff, collaborative projects, access to collective resources and cost-effective practices.

Legal structure

University-supported (formal)

Primary functions

• Collections sharing
• Interlibrary loan/document delivery
• Preservation
• Training
• Union lists/shared online catalogs
• Other: IT and Networks

Number and type of member libraries

9 regional academic institution libraries (some with more than 1 campus spread over a large geographic area); 3 international academic institution libraries in other SADC countries.

Additional material/URLs

http://www.fotim.ac.za

Last updated February 2009