Negotiated Content Licenses

GWLA has negotiated agreements, licenses and contracts which are available as a benefit to our members. For a further listing of agreements that are open to all members, please see the links below.  We have also included a model agreement and guidelines for prospective vendors.

• Available Content (Collection Development) Licenses
• Available Public Services (Non-Content) Licenses

Other Offers

• Discounted phone and web conferencing through Copper Conferencing (formerly Conference Depot).
• Non-English Cataloging (Chinese, Japanese, Korean).
  

For further information and participation requirements, please contact:

Anne E. McKee
Program Officer for Resource Sharing
Anne@GWLA.org

For information about billing/invoicing for license agreements you are participating in, please contact:

Paula Wheeler
wheelerp@lindahall.org


GWLA's Remittance/Lockbox Address for payments:

Greater Western Library Alliance
PO Box 26652
Kansas City, MO  64196-6652

GWLA's FEIN and W9 form

Resource Sharing Agreements

GWLA On-Site Reciprocity Agreement

GWLA reciprocal (on-site) circulation is a program for faculty, staff and students of participating GWLA institutions may borrow library materials on site while visiting another GWLA-member campus.  This program is voluntary and may not be available at all member locations.  Each institution may set its own policies regarding loan terms and identification requirements for visiting scholars.

• Participating Institutions and Contact Information (Opens Excel Spreadsheet)
  
• Promotional Sheet for Reciprocity Program (Opens PDF Document)
  

Additional Resource Sharing Agreements

• Copyright Clearance Center discount
• ILL reciprocity among GWLA members
• ILLiad annual subscription discount
• INSIDE (British Library) discount
• Linda Hall Library document delivery discount
• Occasional continuing education classes

Model License Examples for both consortial and individual library agreements:

http://www.licensingmodels.org