International Coalition of Library Consortia

Academic Business Library Directories
ABLD
Website: http://www.library.cornell.edu/abld/

Brief description

Library Directors from the top ranked business schools in North America are members. The Vendor Relations chair serves as the coordinator for consortial activities.

Legal Structure

University-supported (voluntary)

Primary functions

• Cataloging services
• Collections sharing
• Electronic content licensing
• Electronic content loading/presentation
• Interlibrary loan/document delivery
• Preservation
• Storage facilities
• Training
• Union lists/shared online catalogs
• Other: work with new vendors on new products; negotiate product features; pricing

Number and type of member libraries

40, Academic

Last updated August 2003