Take a look at what's happening in our latest SHARE Member Notes!
For the past year, SHARE committees have been reviewing new technologies, including something called a discovery layer, which would integrate with Polaris and replace our existing Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC). After careful review, the SHARE Circulation & Resource Sharing Committee determined that Aspen, from ByWater Solutions, would be the best fit for our member libraries if we decide to move forward.
SHARE committee members would like to hear from you about this! Please review this document for more information on what Aspen can do for your library, tentative pricing information, and information on Aspen demos, then submit your feedback as member comment.
There has been some confusion regarding fine-free libraries and reciprocal borrowing. For example, can fine-free libraries waive fines from other libraries? Should they instead have a patron return to their home library for resolution?
The recent member survey and subsequent analysis did not provide a clear member preference, so the SHARE Circulation & Resource Sharing Committee and SHARE staff looked at this question from these angles:
Please review the proposal and submit member comments by December 7, 2022. All member comments will be reviewed, and a decision will be made at the next SHARE Circulation & Resource Sharing Committee meeting on December 8, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. All members are welcome to attend.
Edwardsville, Ill. - June 25, 2022 - Illinois Heartland Library System has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2022 honor by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplaces. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage, LLC. The anonymous survey uniquely measures 15 culture drivers that are critical to the success of any organization: including alignment, execution, and connection, just to name a few.
Share is offering a new, first of its kind, book leasing program for consortia, McNaughton Book Leasing for SHARE! It makes the McNaughton program accessible, since it is scalable to libraries with a variety of budgets and needs. Sign up for January - June 2023!
The program will include an automated, standing order style program for bestselling titles, available through two unique packages: a small plan with 5 books per month, or a large plan, 10 books per month. All items will come fully cataloged and processed, including barcodes and spine labels. The price for each plan will include shipping to SHARE at IHLS Edwardsville, which will then be sent to your library via delivery.
Why participate in McNaughton Book Leasing for SHARE?
SHARE would like to welcome the inaugural members to the Common Loan Period Group:
Central Citizens’ Library District, Marrowbone Public Library District, Mississippi Valley Library District, O’Fallon Public Library, Paris Carnegie Library, Rend Lake College, Smithton Public Library, Tolono Public Library, Wayne City Kissner Public Library, and Williamsville Public Library.
Many times, library patrons borrow items from multiple libraries, and this can result in many different loan periods. With shared loan and renewal periods we hope to simplify things for the patrons and for the frontline staff as well. After much discussion the Group suggested the following:
Libraries have the option to participate fully, or a la carte. If your library would just like to have your books and audiobooks with the common loans, that is fine. You can find all the details at Common Loan Periods under the Circulation tab on the SHARE website.
If your library is interested in joining the Common Loan Period Group, please contact Dena Porter.
SHARE has a new text alert service in the event of a Polaris outage. Text POLARIS to 84483 to receive alerts from SHARE. You will only receive an alert in the event of a system outage.
You will also receive email from SHARE's Official Business mailing list. You can sign up for all emails and newsletters from IHLS and SHARE here.
Our automated library consortium now has a mobile app! The SHARE Mobile Library, created with the Solus library app platform, allows your patrons to browse new books, renew your items, search digital content, add and manage multiple accounts, and find your nearest public library, all in the app. Keep an eye on this page for all of the latest SHARE Mobile Library news and resources! LEARN MORE
