The Alliance will be guided by a Coordinating Committee as defined pursuant to Section 2 of the bylaws. The Coordinating Committee is responsible for making recommendations to the Membership on matters concerning organization, operation, and priorities of the Alliance but does not exercise authority over any individual Member Library and has no authority over the Alliance other than those granted to the Coordinating Committee in the IALA by-laws.
(Memorandum of Agreement)
Members:
Role
The overall objective of the Shared Purchasing Committee is to establish a structure and ongoing process for pursuing the joint purchasing of information resources and services among the member institutions of the Iowa Academic Library Alliance participating in shared purchasing.
Responsibilities
Membership
The Shared Purchasing Committee will have a minimum membership of 2 people from each type of academic library for a total of 6 members. A committee chair will be appointed by the Coordinating Committee.
November 13, 2017
Members
In January 2022, the Iowa Alliance signed a memorandum of understanding with MOBIUS, a library consortium based in Missouri, to provide third-party management of the Iowa Alliance’s group purchasing activities (databases, ebooks, etc.). MOBIUS provides these services in exchange for annual fees paid by participating Iowa Alliance members. The fees are based on library materials/services expenditures as reported to IPEDS. The fees are usually invoiced on or shortly after July 1.
Questions about the partnership can be directed to Kevin Engel.
Specific questions related to MOBIUS and/or MOBIUS-managed resources that are available to Iowa Alliance members should be directed to Christina Virden.
Role
The overall objective of the Communication Committee is to establish an effective distribution model to facilitate the dissemination of information among the membership, the Coordinating Committee, organization Task Forces and outside stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Membership
The Communication Committee will have a minimum membership of 2 people from each type of academic library for a total of 6 members. A committee chair will be appointed by the Coordinating Committee.
November 13, 2017