5-499: The Washington Research Library Consortium ( WRLC ) was established as a non-profit corporation in 1987 to support research and instructional capabilities of eight universities in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. It included the implementation of a telecommunications network linking all eight universities and their offsite campuses to an online database of 2.6 million library records and other information databases. Paul Vassallo
10-808: Is a nonprofit educational association of 20 colleges and universities in the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area , the Smithsonian Institution , the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the United States Institute of Peace , and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts . Founded in 1964,
15-586: The consortium facilitates the processing of course cross-registration between all member universities and universalizes library access among some of its member universities. It also provides joint procurement programs, joint academic initiatives and campus public safety training. Nine of the consortium members have formed the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC). WRLC provides joint library services, student and faculty borrowing at all eight participating libraries, and
20-585: Was Mark Jacobs. This Maryland -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to a library organization, association, or consortium is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area The Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area (CUWMA)
25-637: Was the first president and CEO of the non-profit. It is affiliated with the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area . WRLC aims to do this through expanding coordination between different research libraries in the area. Major services they provide include operation of a shared online catalog, hosting an annual meeting for people involved in DC-Area research libraries, and providing environmentally controlled additional storage space for books and other media. The executive director as of 2022
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