| Coalition of South African Library
Consortia Rand Afrikaans University Library Services PO BOX 524 Auckland Park 2006 SOUTH AFRICA js@bib.rau.ac.za Phone +27 11 489 2169 |
J Sander Chairperson js@bib.rau.ac.za Number of office staff: ? |
Brief description
COSALC’s main operational and strategic focus is at national level. It is particularly committed to promote and support national co-operative initiatives, e.g. contribution to the SACat and interlending agreements as well as proposed national initiatives, e.g. the national site licensing initiative, SASLI.The main COSALC current project is Access to electronic information. South Africa is one of 39 countries participating in the eIFL Direct Project, an initiative of the Open Society Institute to bridge the digital divide. Subscription to a suite of five major databases in the social sciences, EbscoHost, has for the past two years been paid for by the national Department of Education. 94 sites are currently registered as users and SA is responsible for about 33% of total usage within eIFL. COSALC manages the usage.
Legal structure
University supported (voluntary)
Primary functions
Number and type of member libraries
41 member libraries (associate libraries may be non-academic)
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