[Libs-Or] News Release: University of Idaho Joins the Orbis Cascade Alliance

[John Helmer]

*News Release*

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University of Idaho Joins the Orbis Cascade Alliance*

*November 30, 2011*---The Orbis Cascade Alliance is pleased to welcome 
the University of Idaho as the 37^th member of the consortium and the 
first member in Idaho.A long-time partner in several of the Alliance's 
programs, the University of Idaho now becomes a governing member of the 
consortium and in mid-2012 UI's Voyager system will be included in the 
Alliance's Summit resource sharing system built on WorldCat Navigator.

"The University of Idaho is excited about the Alliance's vision of 
shared services and a unified northwest academic library collection," 
stated Lynn Baird, UI Dean of Library Services."We have a long tradition 
of forging important partnerships and joining the Orbis Cascade Alliance 
will bring a wealth of new resources to UI students and faculty while 
also making the UI collection available to academic libraries across the 
Northwest." With the inclusion of the University of Idaho, Alliance 
member libraries will offer a collection of some 31 million volumes and 
a vast array of databases, ebooks, and ejournals serving the teaching 
and research needs of faculty and the equivalent of more than 258,000 
full time students in a three-state region.

"We are thrilled to welcome the fine staff, collections, and services of 
the University of Idaho to the Orbis Cascade Alliance," said Betsy 
Wilson, Chair of the Alliance Board of Directors and University of 
Washington Dean of Libraries."The UI brings a depth of experience, 
enthusiasm, and vision that will clearly help Alliance member libraries 
achieve our Strategic Agenda, bolster our combined impact, and enhance 
our ability to offer world-class library services and collections to the 
Northwest U.S."

*About the University of Idaho *

The University of Idaho helps students to succeed and become leaders. 
Its land-grant mission furthers innovative scholarly and creative 
research to grow Idaho's economy and serve a statewide community. From 
its main campus in Moscow, Idaho, to 70 research and academic locations 
statewide, U-Idaho emphasizes real-world application as part of its 
student experience. U-Idaho combines the strength of a large university 
with the intimacy of small learning communities. It is home to the 
Vandals, and competes in the Western Athletic Conference. Learn more: 
www.uidaho.edu <http://www.uidaho.edu/>.

*About the Orbis Cascade Alliance*

The Orbis Cascade Alliance is a consortium of 37 academic libraries in 
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho serving faculty and the equivalent of more 
than 258,000 full time students. Alliance member libraries work together 
to provide outstanding services to students and faculty, share 
information resources and expertise, develop library staff, and help 
members allocate financial and human resources to serve the unique needs 
of each member. To this end, the Alliance considers the combined 
collections of member institutions as one collection. The Alliance 
supports a number of services that support this vision, including Summit 
<http://summit.orbiscascade.org/>, a system that allows students, 
faculty and staff to easily search and request library materials owned 
by member libraries; courier service offering delivery of library 
materials in Oregon, Washington and Idaho; the Northwest Digital 
Archives <http://nwda.orbiscascade.org>, offering enhanced access to 
primary sources in the Northwest US; cooperative purchasing of 
databases, ebooks and ejournals, and other digital library services. In 
addition to its members, the Alliance extends selected services to more 
than 280 libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies in seven 
western states.

www.orbiscascade.org <http://orbiscascade.org/>

*Contacts*

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Lizabeth (Betsy) A. Wilson
Chair, Board of Directors

Orbis Cascade Alliance

Dean of University Libraries
Box 352900
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-2900
betsyw at uw.edu <mailto:betsyw at uw.edu>

	

Lynn N. Baird
Dean of Library Services
PO Box 442350

University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-2350
lbaird at uidaho.edu

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