International Coalition of Library Consortia

Council of Australian University Librarians
CAUL
Website: http://www.caul.edu.au/

Brief description

CAUL's mission is to improve access by the staff and students of Australian universities to the information resources that are fundamental to the advancement of teaching, learning and research. Its membership is comprised of the library directors of the 39 universities which are members of the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee. Its programs include inter alia University Library Australia (a national borrowing program), the Australian Digital Theses Program, and its consortial purchasing program, under the auspices of the CEIRC program.

CAUL's Electronic Information Resources Committee. CEIRC is an advisory committee providing recommendations and advice to CAUL on matters relating to electronic information resources, particularly cooperative purchasing, IT infrastructure, mirroring, archiving, publishers' pricing models, licence agreements, and intra-consortium cost-sharing models, etc.

Legal structure

Other (specify): University Library-supported (voluntary)

Primary functions

• Electronic content licensing
• Other: National borrowing program; digital theses program; statistics collection for universities in Australia and New Zealand; performance indicators - development and research; copyright advice; communication with government.
  

Number and type of member libraries

Academic: 48 universities (39 from Australia, 8 from New Zealand, 1 from Fiji) plus 5 higher education institutions in New Zealand

Special: 22 government departments or research organizations in Australian and New Zealand

Additional material/URLS

CEIRC Program: http://www.caul.edu.au/datasets/
CAUL Electronic Information Resources Committee - Terms of reference, etc: http://www.caul.edu.au/datasets/ceirc.htm
List of current proposals to CEIRC participants: http://www.caul.edu.au/datasets/offers.htm
List of current CAUL-negotiated/facilitated agreements: http://www.caul.edu.au/datasets/ceirc-agreements.htmlhttp://www.caul.edu.au/caul-doc/StrategicPlan.html
CAUL Report 2003-2004: http://www.caul.edu.au/caul-doc/CAULreport2003-2004.pdf
Australian Digital Theses (ADT) Program: http://adt.caul.edu.au/
ULA (University Library Australia) - the national borrowing program: http://www.caul.edu.au/ula/
CAUL Statistics: http://www.caul.edu.au/stats/