11.5 Benefits of Partnering with LSCM

The benefits to participating in a partnership with LSCM include:

• Making a contribution to the depository community;
• Strengthening LSCM’s outreach and collection use by contributing additional staff time, expertise, and server space;
• Receiving national recognition of your institution as a leader in the depository community;
• Demonstrating to your administration the value of your collection and your expertise in handling and providing services in the use of Federal Government information which, in turn, helps you to justify continued participation in the depository program;
• Developing and growing professionally through innovative use of online resources;
• Answering a need of the general public by creating a resource and linking from GPO’s national pages;
• Committing a library to a project that is not subject to participation by specific individuals. The partnership may help to ensure the project’s continuation should a staff member be promoted, retire, or otherwise leave an institution; and
• Being involved in a project that has direct impact upon citizens’ access and use of government information.