New Economy, New Partnership: New DocShare

DocShare, born at SIGUCCS User Services ’95, has gone one step further in its evolution to take advantage of the new digital economy and partnership opportunity. DocShare is a consortium composed of staff members at higher education institutions who produce computer-related documentation and newsletters. Members share their own publications in exchange for the opportunity to use other institutions’ productions. DocShare provides a Web site, a discussion mailing list for members and a search engine to help members find just the right publications. A presentation at SIGUCCS ’99 revealed that, in order to meet the changing needs of IT staff, DocShare needed to expand its services and features. After examining and evaluating operational feasibility, the DocShare Consortium voted to transfer the DocShare title and service to a higher education community building company located in Palo Alto, California. This presentation discusses the future direction of such a partnership.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: SIGUCCS
• Authors: Keiko Pitter, Gil Gonzales, Marian Smith
• Keywords: Information Management, Partnership Opportunity, SIGUCCS 2000, SIGUCCS User Services, Staff Members