SHARE offices will be closed on the following days in Fiscal Year 2025:
The SHARE Finance and Policy Committee has revised the Permissions Policy. SHARE members are encouraged to comment on this revised policy, which is written below. Please comment below by Jan.10, 2025 for your comment to be considered by the Committee.
In fiscal year 2024, SHARE worked hard to ensure every member library received the maximum benefit from their membership. This was accomplished by saving members the cost of expensive software subscriptions, increasing item circulation, and providing first-class support and training.
Take a look at what's happening in our latest SHARE Member Notes!
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with the Featured List on cloudLibrary!
The SHARE Aspen catalog now has an EBSCO databases page with geolocating links and descriptions of all the databases provided by the Illinois State Library. This page was created using the Web Resources feature of the Aspen Web Builder.
All libraries that print receipts, reports, and other items from the Polaris staff client will need to upgrade to ScrewDrivers version 7 by Dec. 31, 2024. Version 7 can be downloaded from here.
This does not apply to libraries that use only the web-based Leap application.
If you need assistance, please contact the IHLS Help Desk at 618-474-9770.
The SHARE Bibliographic and Cataloging Standards Committee has revised the Unmarked and Unclaimed Items Policy. SHARE members are encouraged to comment on this revised policy, which is written below. Please comment below by Dec. 1, 2024 for your comment to be considered by the SHARE Executive Council.
The SHARE Bibliographic and Cataloging Standards Committee has revised the On-Order Records Policy. SHARE members are encouraged to comment on this revised policy, which is written below. Please comment below by Dec. 1, 2024 for your comment to be considered by the SHARE Executive Council.