Resource Sharing Committee (RSC)

Years active: 1999-2012

NOTE: Beginning July 2013, the University of California Libraries launched a revised advisory structure. The groups within the previous structure are no longer active, including this group. See UC Libraries Advisory Structure (UCLAS) for information about the current structure.

Group Description

• Advises SOPAG on resource sharing issues.
• Identifies and analyzes resource sharing innovations, strategies and trends.  
• Identifies and discusses policy issues and recommends best practices that facilitate resource sharing among campuses.
• Identifies and analyzes barriers to expeditious sharing of materials and recommends solutions to remove these barriers.
• Coordinates system-wide activities relating to interlibrary loan, circulation, and reserves with the California Digital Library (CDL) and RSC’s Interlibrary Loan Advisory Group (IAG) and Circulation Advisory Group (CAG – which includes reserves) and other groups as needed.
• Coordinates communication on UC resource sharing issues with interlibrary services, circulation, collection development, special collections, technical services, and other groups as appropriate.
• Identifies and addresses educational and training needs of resource sharing staff across the UC libraries.
• Coordinates collection, organization of and system-wide reporting of UC ILL/Resource Sharing statistics.

Composition

Comprised of one representative from each campus library system appointed by the University Librarian, one representative from the California Digital Library (CDL), one representative from each of the regional library facilities, and one representative from Librarians’ Association of the University of California (LAUC).

Key Documents

Annual Reports and Goals

• Annual Report 2009/10
• Annual Report 2008/09 and Goals 2009/10 [PDF]
• Annual Report 2007/08 and Goals 2008/09 [PDF]
• Annual Report 2006/07 and Goals 2007/08 [PDF]
• Annual Report 2005/06 and Goals 2006/07 [PDF]
• Annual Report 2004/05 and Goals 2005/06 [PDF]
• Goals and Objectives 2004/05 [PDF]
• Goals and Objectives 2003/04 [PDF]
• Goals and Objectives 2002/03 [PDF]
• Goals and Objectives 2001/02 [PDF]

See also the reports from IAG and CAG.

Reports

• Interlibrary Loan Environmental Scan [PDF] (May 31, 2013)
• VDX “Lessons Learned” Meeting Report [PDF] (Jan. 9, 2007)
• Sharing of Media Collections [PDF] (Aug. 4, 2005)
• Response to the UC Interlibrary Loan of Special Collections Materials Report [PDF] (Jul. 28, 2005)
• CBS Implementation: Status and Issues [PDF] (Feb. 24, 2005)
• Report to SOPAG from the RSC Advanced Forms of Digital Delivery Subcommittee Appendix C [PDF] (Feb. 13, 2004)
• ILL/Special Collection Dialog Report [PDF] (Dec. 11, 2003)
• CAG Blocking Proposal [PDF] (Jun. 5, 2002)
• RSC Comments on the SOPAG Task Force to Develop Model Policy on Privacy for Library-Provided Digital Services [PDF] (May 1, 2002)
• RSC Comments on the SOPAG Task Force on Digital Reference Report [PDF] (May 1, 2002)
• Special Collections/Interlibrary Loan Pilot Project Final Report and Recommendations

Tricor

• MOU 2009-2011 [PDF]; appendix 4 [PDF]
• MOU 2008-09 [PDF]; appendix 4 [PDF]
• MOU 2002/03 [PDF]

Roster at Time of Disbandment

UC Berkeley	Patrick Shannon Head of Interlibrary Services
UC Davis	Jason Newborn Interlibrary Loans Supervisor
UC Irvine	Kristine Ferry Head, Access Services
UC Los Angeles	Bob Freel Biomedical Library Head, Access Delivery Services
UC Merced	Robin Milford Access Services Librarian
UC Riverside	Vincent Novoa Head, Access Services
UC San Diego	Kari Lucas Head of Access Services
UC San Francisco	Andy Panando Supervisor, Interlibrary & Information Services
UC Santa Barbara	Claudia Jimenez Head of Access Services
UC Santa Cruz	Sarah Troy, Chair Head, User Services & Resource Sharing
California Digital Library	Leslie Wolf Program Manager
NRLF	Scott Miller Operations Manager
SRLF	Colleen Carlton Director, SRLF