Mission & Core Activities

Mission

Novanet is a consortium of academic libraries in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick which cooperate and collaborate to enhance access to information and knowledge for the benefit of their user communities.

Core Activities

  • Maintaining the library management system and associated software
  • Developing innovative approaches to resource sharing
  • Facilitating knowledge sharing and professional development among member libraries

About Novanet

Established in 1988, Novanet includes eleven Nova Scotian post-secondary institutions and one New Brunswick institution and serves over 50,000 full-time and part-time students. Novanet libraries offer various services to Nova Scotia residents through the Libraries Nova Scotia Borrow Anywhere Return Anywhere (BARA) initiative, a partnership between the Novanet and provincial libraries. http://librariesns.ca/content/borrow-anywhere-return-anywhere-bara.

Novanet is an incorporated company governed by a Board of Directors consisting of the library directors of each member institution.

The Novanet consortium office consists of the Novanet Manager and technical staff.

Revised August 2024