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The M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries is a collaborative organisation that works to improve library and information services within the M25 region, and more widely across the East and Southeast of England. The Consortium has registered charity status, awarded by the Charity Commission of England and Wales in January 2009. ==Structure== Since its formation in 1993, with 29 members, the Consortium has continued to expand both its activities and its member base. In 2002, membership was opened up to non-higher education organisations;〔Cox-De Souza, 2008〕 M25 now currently represents 59 diverse member institutions – from large multi-faculty institutions, through to those with a specialised subject base.〔Cox-DeSouza, 2008〕 The Consortium provides a forum for sharing expertise and good practice; it is committed to collaboration as a way of building relationships around libraries, users and collections to bring added value to services.〔Lanigan, 2005〕 Whilst its direct customers are member libraries, indirect customers include students, academics, and researchers of member institutions (and beyond).〔Lanigan, 2005〕 Acting as a single voice for its diverse membership, the Consortium has aimed to represent the interests of academic and research libraries at both regional and national level. It has built working relationships with several information service organisations, including: *Research Libraries UK, formerly CURL *Jisc *SCONUL The Consortium's technical and administrative support team is based at the British Library of Political and Economic Science, London School of Economics, 10 Portugal Street, London. WC2A 2HD. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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