| ATTN: Convenor, NSLA Consortium
c/o Resource Sharing Division Canberra ACT 2600 Australia Phone 61 2 6262 1549 or 1800 026 155 (toll-free within Australia)
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Ms. Nikki Darby
Acting Convenor, NSLA Consortium nslaconsortium@nla.gov.au |
Number of Office Staff: 0.9 |
Brief description:
The NSLA Consortium (formerly known the Council of Australian State Libraries (CASL) Consortium) was established by the peak body representing national, state and territory libraries in Australia. These libraries have a major responsibility for collecting and preserving national, state and territory documentary heritage materails, providing quality reference and research services and assisting in the provision of public library services to the people of Australasia.The purpose of the NSLA Consortium is to secure access to commercial electronic information resources for its members. The NSLA Consortium aims to simplify licensing arrangements, improve cost benefits for member libraries, and to explore opportunities for making electronic products more widely available to all Australians, regardless of where they live.
Legal Structure
Number and type of member libraries:
- Other: Deed Agreement between member institutions
Primary functions :
Other resources:
Statement of Principles Guiding Licence Negotiation (
http://www.nslaconsortium.org.au/about/licenceprinciples.html)
Member profiles and contact details (
http://www.nslaconsortium.org.au/consortium_members/