The Rebecca Crown Library is a member of numerous consortia which enables the Dominican faculty, staff, and students to borrow library materials from other libraries. However, membership in these consortia requires the Rebecca Crown Library to grow, maintain, and manage the local collection and participate in cooperative collection development. Membership in these consortia should not substitute other members’ collections for our own. When possible, RCL should take advantage of consortia borrowing opportunities and licensing pricing.
Currently, the Rebecca Crown Library is a member of the following consortia networks that share resources:
• Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI)
• Reaching Across Illinois Libraries System (RAILS)
• OCLC & Tipasa
• LIBRAS
• Lyrasis
• Catholic Research Resource Alliance (CRRA)
• Chicago Collections Consortium (CCC)
• Black Metropolis Resource Consortium (BMRC)
