Ways of sharing decision making. There was a long discussion of ways of sharing decision making about resources. It's important to have someone be responsible for making a decision by a deadline in order to move forward. Use the mailing list to notify the group of new titles that are available. Then it will be up to the appropriate subject specialists to make decisions on whether or not to subscribe and whether or not to pursue a consortial deal.
Riverside deals with biomed faculty one on one or in very small groups.
Another approach is to work with a faculty member in presenting a class to students. It's important to let the faculty know we're aware of their research needs and also that they're not getting access to e-journals for free. Faculty in ORUs may be more receptive to notices and classes. John Sisson is maintaining a resources page for an ORU so that people don't have to come to the library's page for the information. Their sciences cataloger will be retiring.