International Coalition of Library Consortia

Washington State Cooperative Library Project
CLP

Libraries Administration
Box 352900
Seattle, WA 98195-2900

Phone 206-543-1763
Fax 206-685-8727

Number of office staff : 0

Tim Jewell
Director, Information Resources and Scholarly Communication (UW)
tjewell@u.washington.edu
Patricia Kelley
Dean of Libraries, Eastern Washington University
pkelley@ewu.edu

Legal Structure

University Supported (voluntary)

Number and type of member libraries
6 Academic libraries

Primary functions:

The Washington State Cooperative Library Project is a project of the six public baccalaureate degree-granting institutions in Washington (Central Washington, Eastern Washington and Western Washington Universities, Evergreen State College, the University of Washington, and Washington State University. The CLP receives funding from the Washington legislature with which it develops programs and licenses electronic resources. The CLP is overseen by the Interinstitutional Committee of Chief Librarians (ICCL), which is a subcommittee of the Interinstitutional Committee of Academic Officers (comprised of the provosts of the six institutions).

Other information:

The CLP currently licenses the following electronic resources:
* EBSCO "Complete" Database package:
o Academic Search Complete
o Business Source Complete
o 9 additional databases
* NewsBank Access World News, Global Edition
* Proquest Newsstand
* Dissertation Abstracts

Note: group members actively license many other databases through the Orbis Cascade Alliance and the Greater Western Library Alliance


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