Orbis Cascade Alliance

Overview of Merger Topics

Last updated: December 30, 2002

1. External Communication

1.1. News releases

1.1.1. Merger announcement

1.1.2. Catalog launch

1.2. Logo

1.3. Domain name

1.4. Printed material (brochures, etc.)

1.5. Public Web site

2. Internal Communication

2.1. Printed material

2.2. Email lists

2.3. Staff Web site

3. ORCA Web site

3.1. Hardware implementation

3.2. Adaptation of existing pages

4. Library staff orientation & training

4.1. Overview

4.2. INN-Reach training

5. Catalog and Circulation

6. Courier

7. Electronic Resources

7.1. Consultations

7.1.1. Orbis Committees: Collection Development, Electronic Resources

7.1.2. Washington State Cooperative Library Project (WSCLP)

7.1.3. Greater Western Library Alliance

7.1.4. OCLC Western & BCR

7.1.5. Oregon & Washington State Libraries

7.1.6. ICOLC participants

7.2. Revised program

7.2.1. Staffing

7.2.2. Policies

7.2.3. Committee role

7.2.4. Relationship to WSCLP & PORTALS

7.2.5. Policies for non-member libraries

8. Consortium Staffing

8.1. General overhead

8.2. Accounting

8.3. Catalog and Borrowing

8.4. Electronic Resources

9. Budget scenarios for FY03/04

9.1. Budget based on larger consortium

9.2. Budget based on larger consortium and additional support for electronic resource program

10. Memorandum of Understanding

10.1. UO review as fiscal agent review

10.2. UW review for Cascade

10.3. ORCA membership review

10.4. Adoption & signing

11. ORCA Council retreat (April 2-4, 2003)

12. ORCA Summer meeting (July 10-11, 2003)