The question of Common Loan Rules
This question has been raised many times over the five years that SHARE has been in existence, and, up to this point, it hasn’t been quite time to answer the question or to make a decision about common loan rules for SHARE’s 486 libraries. Now that we’re past the toddler stage and have finished kindergarten, as an organization, we have spent much of the last year refining and strengthening the policies and procedures that were created in the early years of our development.
With that in mind, at their most recent meeting (6/8/17), the SHARE Circulation and Resource Sharing Committee made the decision to resurrect the results of a common loan rules survey that was completed two years ago. Using those results, a new survey is being developed, asking for volunteers to participate in a pilot project. Those participants will all use the same loan periods, and those will be based on the most used loan periods identified from the previous survey:
- Books = 14 days
- Magazines = 14 days
- Music CD’s = 14 days
- Audiobooks = 14 days
- DVD’s = 7 days
- All other materials types = 14 days
- Two renewals for all material types
To access the survey, click HERE.
SHARE staff and the SHARE Circulation and Resource Sharing Committee will keep all members informed about how the pilot project is progressing. If you have questions, please contact Chris Dawdy, Traci Edwards, Sue Pearson, or Lesley Zavediuk.
SHARE Executive Council Election
If you haven’t already done so, please take a moment to vote for representatives to fill the vacant seats on the SHARE Executive Council for 2017/2018. You can find a link to the voting survey HERE. Can’t remember if you already voted? Try again! If you have cast your vote, SurveyMonkey won’t let you cast another one!
SHARE Director
In case you haven’t heard by way of a SHARE committee meeting or the grapevine, I’ve decided it’s time to retire, again, and my last day will be September 1. The reason for announcing this news here is to inform every one of the plans for filling this position. First, the job opening has been posted internally, so that interested IHLS staff can apply. Next, it will be posted externally—on the IHLS website, with ILA, and the universities.
The current plan is to interview prospective candidates for the SHARE Director position in July. A couple of members of the SHARE Executive Council will be asked to serve on the interview committee, along with Leslie Bednar, IHLS Executive Director, and other IHLS staff.
Hopefully, a decision will be made in time for the new SHARE Director to spend some time working with the retiring SHARE Director in August, to provide a smooth transition.
So, if you’re interested in being the next SHARE Director, stay tuned to the library job posting page on the IHLS website!
And, by the way, I’m retiring from full-time employment, but my new title (in addition to “Lady of Leisure” and “Grandmother”) will be Grant Specialist, and I’ll be working about a day a week, seeking and writing grants to help IHLS and all of its’ member libraries.
Looking for the SHARE Policies and Procedures? You’ll find them on the SHARE website, under the Governance tab. They are organized as the SHARE Operational Guidelines there, and include references to the Illinois ILL Code.
Dates to take note of
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6/13/17 |
9:00 |
SHARE Catalogers’ Training Session |
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6/14/17 |
11:00 |
MyMediaMall Annual Meeting |
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6/15/17 |
9:30 |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
Forsyth Public Library |
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6/15/17 |
9:00 |
Book Cataloging |
IHLS Edwardsville |
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6/16/17 |
9:30 |
LibraryOnTheGo Consortium Meeting |
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6/20/17 |
4:00 |
IHLS Annual Meeting |
IHLS Carbondale |
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6/20/17 |
5:00 |
IHLS Board Meeting |
IHLS Carbondale and all v-tel sites |
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6/22/17 |
9:00 |
Searching & Editing in Connexion |
IHLS Edwardsville |
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6/27/17 |
9:00 |
Barcoding I—Searching & Matching |
IHLS Edwardsville |
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6/27/17 |
9:30 |
Barcoding I—Searching & Matching |
Benton Public Library District |
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6/27/17 |
1:00 |
Barcoding II—Item Records |
IHLS Edwardsville |
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6/27/17 |
1:30 |
Barcoding II—Item Records |
Benton Public Library District |
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7/4/17 |
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Independence Day—IHLS closed |
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7/5/17 |
1:00 |
IHLS Member Library Directors’ Chat |
https://webjunctionillinois.adobeconnect.com/directors?launcher=false |
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7/6/17 |
9:00 |
Introduction to Authority Records |
IHLS Edwardsville |
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7/6/17 |
2:30 |
SHARE Executive Council Meeting |
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7/11/17 |
9:00 |
SHARE Catalogers Training Session |
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7/11/17 |
10:00 |
Members Matter |
Decatur Public Library and all v-tel sites |
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7/12/17 |
9:00 |
RDA for Books |
Effingham Public Library |
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7/13/17 |
10:00 |
SHARE Finance/Policy Committee Meeting |
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