Libraries' Consortium Conundrum

Banding together has become the way to save money by making deals with publishers, but rising competition threatens cooperation

By SCOTT CARLSON

In 1999, when times were flush for the library at St. Ambrose University, John H. Pollitz paid $26,000 for two full-text databases.

Since then, as his budget has gotten leaner, he has had to use all his creativity to whittle...

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