Consortia

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Consortia

Not Going It Alone: Smart Statewide Consortium Procurement Practices

October 14, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference

This session will show how a statewide consortium can be formed to provide K–20 institutions major savings in the procurement of technology products and services. This organization has a 10-year …

Extended Shibboleth Access via Consortial Relationships

January 1, 2003

Shibboleth is used to develop architectures, policy structures, practical technologies, and an open-source implementation to support interinstitutional sharing of Web resources subject to access co…

Multicampus, High-Performance Computing Infrastructure for Research Support

January 1, 2002

The University of Missouri Bioinformatics Consortium is being developed to facilitate intercampus communication and bioinformatics research collaborations across the four campuses of the University…

Negotiating Telecommunications and Internet Services Through a University Consortium

January 1, 2002

The Oregon Independent College Association has developed a mechanism for preparing RFPs and negotiating with multiple vendors to provide telecommunications and Internet services. Although each inst…

Consortial IT Services: Collaborating To Reduce the Pain

January 1, 2000

The Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium provides its 32 members IT services including a portal web site, course management software, course hosting & development, faculty training, help de…

TexShare: A Texas Library Resource Sharing Program

January 1, 1999

TexShare is the state-funded, resource-sharing consortium of more than 170 community organizations, public and private colleges and universities, and medical and law schools and public libraries in…