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What Is SHARE?
SHARE (Share Holdings And Resources Easily) is a cooperative project to facilitate staff-initiated interlibrary loans among participating Illinois library automation consortia. SHARE was at one time known as the LANDL (Live And Learn) Project.
Participating consortia provide access to their online catalogs:
- iBistro (CCS)
- PrairieCat (PALS)
- LINC/iBistro (LINC)
- MAGIC (DLS)
- NIC (PALS)
- SWAN (MLS)
What does SHARE Offer?
- All libraries that belong to a participating SHARE consortium can place holds and interlibrary loan requests at no charge in the automation systems of all other SHARE consortia.
- You still maintain control of your holdings. Each owning library may restrict holds on specific materials as necessary by configuring its automation system parameters.
- It’s convenient. Each library in a participating consortium shall be assigned one barcode that is used by all SHARE consortia.
- The SHARE Website: www.shareillinois.info provides members access to valuable resources such as:
- Links to members’ online catalogs
- Training material on how to access each member’s catalog
- Contact information
- Links to useful sites and documents such as: Every Library in Illinois, the ILLINET Interlibrary Loan Code, and the ILDS Delivery Label.
- With a click of the mouse, you’ll have the resources of over 500 libraries available at your fingertips, and a collection spanning well over 1,000,000 items.
- SHARE is a powerful borrowing instrument that helps your library better serve your patrons.
Where Can I Find Out More?
You may contact Jane Paula Plass
at the DuPage Library System for
more details about SHARE and the
benefits of membership.
Phone: 630/232-8457 x204
Fax: 630/232-0699
E-mail: j-plass@dupagels.lib.il.us
The SHARE Website is hosted by the Prairie Area Library System. For more information about the site, to request a link, or to update your contact info, contact Judy Hutchinson.
Phone: 815/729-3345
judyh@palsnet.info or x 3150