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VITA and the 2022 Annual Survey of Ontario Public Libraries How to make your collections count The Type of Consortia are: Ministry Hints: Report on any active consortia and cooperative initiatives that your library participates in. Include initiatives led or administered by Ontario Library Service Agencies such as for e-resources, databases and Integrated Library Systems. Select from the drop-down list to identify those categories relevant to your library and identify specific consortia further by name. There is also an option to add additional consortia types and identify them by name. © Books * E-books . and other services (such as music or other digital content) ¢ Computer software ° Connectivity Integrated Library Systems (ILS) © Corporate discount programs (e.g., office supplies with an office retailer or library vendor) ¢ Municipal and Local government services ° Other Choose “databases” for your VITA Digital Toolkit collection and identify the Consortium as “OurDigitalWorld.” If you’re a partner organization in a multi-agency VITA platform, whether regional or thematic, you should report these database partnerships here. Do not enter the name of each partner, only enter the name of the shared site as one Consortium to which you belong. Many of our members can include significant digitization projects here, such as large runs of Ontario historical newspapers. Also report the impact of your digital (such as “10,000 items digitized!”), or the use of your VITA platforms to share library-created materials. Make sure the government knows about your good work! 2023-02-27