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
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