Community College Library Consortium Report– James Wiser Consortium Director

All Fall 2016 new and renewal orders were placed with vendors by the last week of November 2016, so if you are having difficulty accessing a renewing resource or a new resource you’ve ordered, please let me know.  I am in the process of updating the offers on the consortium website to reflect Spring 2017 pricing for new orders; if you need the username and password to access the product offer announcement, email me and I will be happy to help you.

The consortium website and the CCL website will be merged onto one updated web site later this year.  Stay tuned, but we hope to roll out this new site sometime around September.

Renewal order forms for the spring renewals will hopefully be available in the procurement system no later than March 1 and will be due back to the CCLC office by Friday, May 12th.  May 12th will also be the cut-off date for placing new orders this spring, too.  If the end of your college’s fiscal year causes a crunch and getting your renewal forms by March 1 isn’t soon enough, let me know and we can discuss possible strategies to deal with your circumstance.   As always, finally, if there’s something you’re interested in having the consortium explore, please let me know.

I’m looking forward to seeing many of you at this year’s Deans’ and Directors’ meeting.  See you in Sacramento!

Respectfully submitted,

James