ALIA CIPS

Co-operative Information Purchasing Services [CIPS] for ALIA institutional members

ALIA, in partnership with ALDIS Associates Pty Ltd, offers ALIA CIPS to our institutional members.

ALIA CIPS (Co-operative Information Purchasing Services) provides enhanced and cost-effective access to information resources through co-operation among ALIA members for the benefit of their user communities.

The service will deliver expertise in vendor negotiations, assistance in forming buying groups, exclusive vendor offers, administration of subscriptions and networking opportunities.

Buying groups, exclusive vendor offers, administrative support and networking

ALIA CIPS establishes co-operative buying groups among members and negotiates pricing and licensing for these co-operative groups.

It provides exclusive vendor offers for ALIA CIPS members.

Administrative support for ALIA CIPS members includes administration of subscriptions and providing separate invoicing for each participant, managing trials, disseminating usage statistics and arranging training.

ALIA CIPS is an avenue for networking and information sharing about information resources, collection development and industry developments

Quality and affordable information resources

ALIA CIPS gives access to expertise in researching vendor offers and negotiating with vendors. It gives access to an affordable and broader range of information resources.

ALIA CIPS reduces your information costs and saves you time and money in researching and negotiating for information resources.

Through ALIA CIPS like-minded libraries and information services are able to establish co-operative collection development policies and to share and maximise resources.

ALIA CIPS especially benefits smaller libraries and information services and those from the special libraries sector.

For more information and to register your interest go to http://www.aldis.com.au or contact either (please remove the '.nospam' from addresses):

Robyne Lovelock
Managing director
ALDIS Associates Pty Ltd
ph/fx 03 9502 0347

or

Susan Magnay
Manager, planning policy
Australian Library and Information Association
ph 02 6215 8225