Statements and Documents of the
International Coalition of Library Consortia
ICOLC

Statement Concerning the Decision by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to Discontinue its Relationship with JSTOR (October 30, 2007)

Revised Guidelines for Statistical Measures of Usage of Web-based Information Resources (October 4, 2006)

Support for Urgent Action to Preserve Scholarly Electronic Journals (press release November 2005)

Statement of Current Perspective and Preferred Practices for the Selection and Purchase of Electronic Information (Update no. 2: October 2004)

French translation now available (February 2005)
Catalan translation now available (Word file)

Privacy Guidelines for Electronic Resources Vendors (July 2002)

Statement of Current Perspective and Preferred Practices for the Selection and Purchase of Electronic Information (Update no. 1: December 2001)

    Guidelines for Statistical Measures of Usage of Web-Based Information Resources (Update: December 2001)

    Endorsement of the Bath Profile (December 2001)
    Press Release on this Endorsement

    Statement of Concern on SilverPlatter/Wolters Kluwer merger

    Correspondence re. CrossRef and DOI

    Letter to CrossRef re: Appropriate Copy Problem (October 30,2000)

    Reply from CrossRef (December 4, 2000)

    Guidelines for Statistical Measures of Usage of Web-based Indexed, Abstracted, and Full Text Resources (November 1998)
    Press Release on these Guidelines
    Guidelines for Technical Issues in Request for Proposal (RFP) Requirements and Contract Negotiations (January 1999)
    Press Release on these Guidelines
    Statement of Current Perspective and Preferred Practices for the selection and purchase of electronic information (March 1998)
    Press Release from ICOLC on the foregoing statement
    ARL (Association of Research Libraries) Response to ICOLC Statement
    Elsevier Response to ICOLC Statement
    HighWire Marketing Group Response to ICOLC Statement
    International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Response to ICOLC Statement
    MCB Press Response to ICOLC Statement
    Netherlands Information Managers Combine: Endorsement of the ICOLC Statement

    Canadian National Site Licensing Project:  Endorsement of the ICOLC Statement

    Vision Survey Summary for ICOLC3, from the meeting of February 22-24, 1998.
     

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