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NORTH BAY COOPERATIVE LIBRARY SYSTEM

NORTH BAY COOPERATIVE LIBRARY SYSTEM. An Automated Resource Sharing System NW ILL September 2007. NBCLS Mission Statement. NBCLS is a network that provides enhanced access to library services, information, and resources to the people in the North Bay. Adopted June 1, 1989. NBCLS had.

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NORTH BAY COOPERATIVE LIBRARY SYSTEM

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  1. NORTH BAY COOPERATIVE LIBRARY SYSTEM An Automated Resource Sharing System NW ILL September 2007

  2. NBCLS Mission Statement NBCLS is a network that provides enhanced access to library services, information, and resources to the people in the North Bay. Adopted June 1, 1989

  3. NBCLS had • History of cooperation • Local systems • Cooperative collection development policy • Commitment to serve public • Delivery system

  4. Environment NBCLS • 20 library jurisdictions - 15 public - 3 academic - 1 high school • 1 special • 57 locations

  5. Environment • 6 counties • Lake • Marin • Mendocino • Napa • Solano • Sonoma

  6. Objective Provide NBCLS patrons with “one stop shopping” to all NBCLS libraries without adding to library staff load

  7. Goals • Virtual union catalog • Patron initiated • Web interface • Unmediated • Use standards where ever possible • Direct interaction with local systems

  8. More Goals • Make local systems do as much work as possible • In library and at home access • Reduce amount of work by staff on a per request basis • Tracking • Status • Statistics

  9. Philosophy Resource Sharing • An extension of circulation • Not ILL

  10. Funding the Project • Grants • Reserve Funds • Members share fees

  11. ILL Totals 1992 – 2006 • 1992………… 55,039 OCLC only • 1993………… 73,937 SNAP staff • 1994………… 101,138 Marinet staff • 1996………… 278,322 SNAP patron • 1997………… 341,956 Marinet patron • 1998………… 464,448 SuperSearch • 2000………… 541,515 • 2002………… 789,222 Lake County added • 2006………… 836,888

  12. Impact on Delivery - Before

  13. Impact on Delivery - After

  14. Our Fleet • 1998 • 1994 • 1992

  15. Delivery Stats by Year • 1992……………. 208,512 • 1995……………. 483,547 • 1996……………. 839,872 • 1997……………. 1,059,983 • 1998……………. 1,347,571 • 2000……………..1,616,050 • 2001……………. 1,841,716 • 2002……………. 2,264,253 • 2006……………..4,142,919

  16. The Future • Link to other California URSA users • Continue adding members to NBCLS virtual catalog • Explore linking to other URSA Users (Boston Library Consortium, Marina, PALC,TBLC) • Interface to other ILL systems via ISO protocols

  17. Check us out online! www.nbcls.org annetnbc@sonic.net Or send your questions to:

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