Color me jealous
So I am catching up on the email that piled up while I was at Internet Librarian, and saw this in one of the LJ newsletters:
In an unusual partnership called “Borrow Anywhere, Return Anywhere,” all public, college, and university libraries in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, will lend all their materials to any library card-holder in the province, with no additional fees.
Now, that’s cool. Are there any programs like this in the U.S.?
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Pam:
Same deal in Alberta too: http://www.thealbertalibrary.ab.ca/services/talcard.html
2 November 2009, 7:15 pmCindy Moore:
Rachel. In Wyoming, (population just over 500,000) we have a state wide database which enables all participating libraries (all county, some high school, most junior colleges) to see the entire state’s collection, place holds on anything in state and all libraries agree to return any book checked out from any library. In addition all county libraries honor any in state card so if out of town, patrons may check out books from another county’s library. The only stipulation is that the borrower has to agree to go with whatever the lending library policies are. Cool huh?
3 November 2009, 4:42 pmIn my county (10,000 square miles) we agree to allow check outs from any library in county on the same card and return materials returned to the lending library. The card is honored throughout the county as if we are (and we are) one big library with very long streets.
One big advantage of a small state!
rachel:
Cindy — well, color me double jealous
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5 November 2009, 7:09 amJason Puckett:
All University System of Georgia students (and staff and faculty) can check out books from each others’ libraries, and return too, as far as I know.
23 November 2009, 11:55 amCatherine:
Don’t forget PINES, which covers most of Georgia.
17 January 2010, 11:53 amLee Ann R. Benkert:
Colorado has a statewide resource-sharing initiative called CLC, which stands for Colorado Libraries Collaborate! (formerly known as the Colorado Library Card) program. CLC allows anyone in Colorado to use a library anywhere in the state that is enrolled in the program. Similar to the programs mentioned above, patrons can return materials to any library. It’s a collaborative effort with all types of libraries to help get materials into patrons’ hands with the least amount of trouble to the end user. It works, because people live and work near many different library districts. They don’t care if they live in the correct district; they just want to use the library.
Fun Fact: As of April 2010, library enrollment in CLC stands at 100% for Colorado public libraries, 96% of school libraries, and somewhere around 84% of academic libraries. (Special library participation is harder to pinpoint.)
More info: http://www.clc-key.org
9 April 2010, 6:25 pm