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Welcome to the Website of the Library Consortium of New Zealand

The Library Consortium of New Zealand (LCoNZ) is a national, virtual organisation established in 2004 by four universities: AUT University, Victoria University of Wellington, the University of Waikato and the University of Otago.

LCoNZ vision is:

To use and develop the best enabling technologies in a collaboration which will enhance the innovative delivery of library and information resources and services to the New Zealand tertiary learning and research community

Since its establishment LCoNZ has:

  • Implemented a shared Library Management System
  • Established external hosting and a good business relationship with Datacom
  • Set up a company with resources to implement LCoNZ initiatives, including the establishment of an LCoNZ office
  • Implemented a Borrow Direct service
  • Implemented Serials Solutions Summon
  • Upskilled staff through participation in collaborative projects
  • Facilitated links and collaboration between library staff
  • Provided Wiki tools for knowledge and information sharing
  • Developed international contacts with ExLibris users
  • Implemented many successful upgrades through the consortium
  • Acquired Unitec as a customer for their DSpace Institutional Research Repository
  • Acquired Canterbury University as a customer for VDX interlibrary loan

 

Latest News

 

Libraries at Universities of Otago, Waikato, Canterbury and AUT University who participated in the LCoNZ VDX implementation have now gone live using the OCLC hosted service. Z-portal which provides for end-user access to manage interlibrary loans has been brought in at University of Waikato and Canterbury University with AUT University planned for mid June.

 

 

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