Abstract
“Northern Alliance of Technical Colleges and Universities (NATCU)” is a collaborative consortium in the northern region of Taiwan. The ceremony was inaugurated on August 6, 2002 at Taipei Science and Technical University. The cooperative agreement signed by 37 Presidents of the members including the regions of Taipei, Yi-Lan, Hua-lian, Shin-chu and Tau-yuan. Most technical colleges and universities in Taiwan have far less resources in teaching and research than those of the general universities. To share library resources of the members effectively, it can be a strategy to provide greater resources for their faculty and students, while still being on the rank of higher education. Library Resources sharing is the trend of the world. The fundamental steps of the library consortium are to have an encompassing strategic plan, to have financial aid, and for all the members to participate fully and to the best of their ability. Another important factor in the success of the consortium is strong and decisive leader. Several remarks are inductive at the end in the hope that will have some helps for the NATCU.
| Keywords: | Northern Alliance of Technical Colleges and Universities, NATCU; library resources sharing; library consortium; library cooperation; technical colleges and universities; survey |
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