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In partnership with Minnesota's Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA), 3M has developed CloudLink, a new feature for its ebook lending system for consortia. Many consortial arrangements involve member libraries contributing ebooks to a common pool that patrons from all libraries can use. In addition to this functionality, CloudLink enables any patron from any MELSA library to check out ebooks from the private collections of any other MELSA library, provided a holds list does not exist there for the title.

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1007133
ERIC Subject
Consortia;
Shared Resources and Services;
Library Services;
Counties;
Information Services
Subject
Libraries;
E-books;
Consortia;
Marketing;
Common lands;
Patrons
Business indexing term
Location
United States--US; Minnesota
Company / organization
Name:
3M Co
NAICS:
322230, 325412, 327910, 332216, 334417, 339114
Classification
9190: United States
5250: Telecommunications systems & Internet communications
51921: Libraries and Archives
Title
Technology: MELSA, 3M Let Consortia Share Ebooks More Easily
Author
Enis, Matt
Publication title
Library Journal; New York
Volume
138
Issue
20
Pages
19
Publication year
2013
Publication date
Dec 01, 2013
Section
NewsDesk
Publisher
MSI Information Services
Place of publication
New York
Country of publication
United States
Publication subject
Publishing And Book Trade, Library And Information Sciences
ISSN
03630277
CODEN
LIBJA7
Source type
Trade Journal
Language of publication
English
Document type
News
ProQuest document ID
1465267581
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/trade-journals/technology-melsa-3m-let-consortia-share-ebooks/docview/1465267581/se-2?accountid=208611
Copyright
Copyright Media Source Inc Dec 01, 2013
Last updated
2025-11-16
Database
ProQuest One Academic