SHARE needs members to vote to update our SHARE policies and procedures, to better serve our members and/or follow guidelines set by organizations such as the Illinois State Library, American Library Association, or the Library of Congress.
Exciting News for SHARE Members! Illinois Heartland Library System has just launched three new dashboards to empower SHARE member libraries with valuable insights.
Short on time and shelf space? McNaughton Book Leasing for SHARE may be your solution to keeping up new titles and the processing work that comes with it!
With this monthly book lease subscription, McNaughton will send five or ten pre-cataloged and pre-processed bestsellers to your library each month, reducing your holds, saving you staff time, and maximizing your shelf space.
This is the first-of-its-kind book leasing program for consortia. The program and its pricing are exclusive to SHARE.
Celebrate Women's History Month with a shelf on CloudLibrary!
Recently, SHARE Bibliographic Services staff became aware that vendors used by libraries to purchase materials reuse invoice numbers after a 7–10-year period. Due to the age of SHARE as well as multiple acquisition libraries utilizing the same vendor(s), it is highly likely that additional instances of orders with duplicate invoice numbers will occur.
The following policy is being proposed to prevent these occurrences. Please comment below by May 14, 2025, for your comment to be considered by the SHARE Bibliographic and Cataloging Standards Committee.
Take a look at what's happening in our latest SHARE Member Notes!
Would you be interested in setting direction, policy, and procedures for the operation of SHARE, on behalf of libraries like yours? If so, SHARE is looking for volunteers for the SHARE Executive Council! We have an immediate opening for a small library representative, as well as openings for a medium library representative, school library representative, and academic library representative, beginning in July.
We’re thrilled to announce a major improvement that will save you time and simplify reporting!
Starting now, Delivery Closure Dates and SHARE Member Closure Dates can both be reported on a
single form. This update means less hassle and more efficiency when managing closures across the
board.
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.