My PhD research deals with a preparation of an international network of university galleries to get inspired, share best practices and innovate the way university galleries work nowadays.
Networked organizations share a purpose and—almost by definition (or else why bother?)—rely on the network to accomplish it: they can thrive when there is a strategic, structural, and cultural fit, and when members embrace a collaborative process, behave as a coherent entity, and engage as much as possible in joint decision making and action.
In the case of university galleries, benefits would presumably arise in the primary areas of sharing and branding; but, much—everything really—would depend on the specific goal, scope, resources, governance, membership, structure, communication system, operational arrangements, deliverables, and duration of the arrangements envisaged (or put differently the why, who, what, how, where, and when). Together, the partners might severally filter, amplify, invest and provide, convene, build community, and /or learn and facilitate; the rest is detail.