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Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project (CCLP) Fall 2026 Public Update Webinar

Webinar

Networks of libraries have a long tradition of working together to expand their resources and provide more comprehensive coverage across all subjects through sharing of resources. As one of these strategies, larger networks of institutions have recently explored wider adoption of cooperative collections management, which this project defines as a process by which networks of institutions work collaboratively to acquire, manage, circulate, and preserve collections across the network. In August of 2022, NISO, Lehigh University Library, and PALCI, along with more than 25 other partner organizations, received an IMLS National Leadership Grant to support the development of best practices for this lifecycle process and to prototype tools to support elements of the workflow. The Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project seeks to overcome serious barriers to wider implementations, including the lack of available vendor-neutral interoperable systems, adequate governance and decision-making frameworks, and assessment tools.

As part of the related Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Infrastructure Project (CCLIP), several working groups worked in concert with the CCLP leadership and with each other to produce a Recommended Practice. The NISO CCLIP Recommended Practice was published in June. The Recommended Practice documents exchange protocols for gathering, normalizing, and exchanging holdings information, contractual information, retention obligations, usage data, and the publisher/marketplace information necessary to support collaborative decisions at the local and cross-institutional levels.

NISO will host a free public webinar on Tuesday, October 20th at 12 PM Eastern to update the community on the Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project (CCLP), provide information on the recently published NISO CCLIP Recommended Practice, the technical development behind the related CYCLOPS software, and provide information on how you can get involved!

Event Sessions

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Additional Information

Links to the archived recording of the broadcast are distributed to registrants 24-48 business hours following the close of the live event. Access to that recording is intended for internal use of fellow staff at the registrant’s organization or institution. Shared resources are posted to the NISO event page.

All events follow the NISO Code of Conduct. More information can be found here.

Broadcast Platform

NISO uses the Zoom platform for the purpose of broadcasting our live events. Zoom provides apps for a variety of computing devices (tablets, laptops, etc.) To view the broadcast, you will need a device that supports the Zoom app. Attendees may also choose to listen just to audio on their phones. Sign-on credentials include the necessary dial-in numbers, if that is your preference. Once notified of their availability, recordings may be viewed from the Zoom platform.

Event Dates

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Registration

To sign up: See our registration page

Fees

While registration is required, this event is free and open to the public.

(The time listed above is the Eastern US timezone.)

Location

Educational events are online programs. NISO uses the Zoom platform for the purpose of broadcasting our live events. Zoom provides apps for a variety of computing devices (tablets, laptops, etc.) To view the broadcast, you need a device that supports the Zoom app. Attendees may also choose to listen just to audio on their phones. Sign-on credentials include the necessary dial-in numbers, if that is your preference. Once notified of their availability, recordings may be viewed from the Zoom platform.

Registrants receive sign-on instructions prior to the virtual event. If you have not received your instructions by the day before an event, please contact NISO headquarters for assistance via email (nisohq@niso.org).