The Zambian Library Consortium (ZALICO), which was established in 2004, is committed to promote and support national co-operative initiatives.

VISION

ZALICO's mission is to enhance access to information and the sharing of resources for the benefit of information users and other stakeholders in Zambia through national co-operation.

MISSION

The mission of the Zambian Library Consortium is to act as a catalyst for leading, supporting, motivating and championing access to information resources for library and information users in Zambia.

OBJECTIVES

The main objective is to take advantage of the new ICTs to encourage, coordinate and develop the educational, instructional and public education uses of library and information systems that are now available countrywide, or maybe available in the future, to the end that the benefits arising therefrom may have the widest possible impact and effect on the development of the individual citizens, the institutions and the nation as a whole. This can be summarised as follows:

Access to information

To establish national and international partnerships, agreements for collaborative collection building, information resource sharing and establishment of a national ICT infrastructure for the benefit of clients.

Training and capacity building

To provide developmental opportunities for academic, research librarians and workers to enhance their ability to provide superior services to improve national access to information and the level of information literacy.

Communication, liaison and lobbying

To act as advocacy channel to government and other bodies by maintaining at national and international levels prominent profile in planning and decision making, and in so doing to contribute, develop and influence national information policy.

Infrastructure and funding

To actively seek sponsorships and donor fund to facilitate the acquisition and utilisation of compatible hardware, software and networks for optimal information resource sharing for all participating libraries.