The Shared Print Partnership

June 2025

Today’s update

1. Brief refresher
2. Shared Print Partnership today
3. Incoming Executive Committee and what’s next

Brief refresher - how did we get here?

2000’s

Brief refresher - how did we get here?

Brief refresher - how did we get here?

Brief Refresher: Vision, Mission, and Values

Rosemont Key Activities

2019 - Present

Brief Refresher: Strategic Directions

Rosemont Key Activities

2019 - Present

• Strengthening Collaboration:
• In alignment with the principles of community collaboration, these strategic directions aim to foster a strong, interconnected network within the Shared Print Partnership

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• Enhance Shared Collections:
• Strengthen the preservation, accessibility, and sustainability of shared print collections through a community-centered approach

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• Building Capacity and Resources:
• Ensure careful stewardship of resources – fiscal, technical, or the people who make everything possible – entrusted to SPP to consistently fulfill its community-driven mission with excellence

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https://sharedprint.org/about/strategic-directions/

Incoming Executive Committee

• Anthony (Tony) Fonseca, Library Director, Elms College; Board President, Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST)
• Carla Myers, Coordinator of Scholarly Communications, Miami University; Member, Program Steering Committee, HathiTrust
• Daisy D. Singh, University of Maine Dean of Libraries
• Gene Springs, Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Content and Access, University Libraries, Ohio State University
• Jean Blackburn, Executive Director, Council of Pacific & Prairie Libraries; Representative of North/Nord & SPAN shared print programs

• Karla Strieb, Visiting Program Director for Shared Collections, Big Ten Academic Alliance, Center for Library Programs
• Mark Paris, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources & Discovery, Brandeis University
• Miranda Bennett, Director, Shared Collections, California Digital Library; Member of the WEST Executive Committee; Member, Program Steering Committee, HathiTrust
• Tina Baich, Director, Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST)
• Amy Wood (advisory), Director of Discovery & Technology, Center for Research Libraries

Executive Committee Officers

• Chair: Miranda Bennett (CDL)
• Vice Chair/Chair Elect: Tony Fonseca (Elms College)
• “Past Chair”: Amy Wood (CRL)

Rosemont Key Activities

2019 - Present

What’s next!

Staffing & Fiscal/Administrative Host Decisions

Rosemont Key Activities

2019 - Present

SPP Staffing: 0.5 FTE Program Coordinator

• Administrative support for organizational operations (e.g., communications, meetings, assist with analysis, and managing resources)

Fiscal/Administrative Host: Council on Library and Informational Resources (CLIR)

• CLIR is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) organization
• Hosts staff and organizational funds
• Supports invoicing
• Can serve as signatory for grants or service agreements

Membership

Rosemont Key Activities

2019 - Present

14 shared print programs have committed to joining the Shared Print Partnership - we will be in touch shortly!

Interested in joining?

Let us know! Contact an Executive Committee member or submit a form through the SPP website: https://sharedprint.org/contact/

A few priorities

Rosemont Key Activities

2019 - Present

• Recruit a part-time Program Coordinator
• Appoint the Operations Committee
• Build sustainability into the organization

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Thank you!

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June 2025