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

History of cooperation Local systems Cooperative collection development policy Commitment to serve public Delivery system

EnvironmentNBCLS 20 library jurisdictions

- 15 public

- 3 academic

- 1 high school- 1 special

57 locations

Environment 6 counties

Lake Marin Mendocino Napa Solano Sonoma

Objective

Provide NBCLS patrons with “one stop

shopping” to all NBCLS libraries without adding

to library staff load

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

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

Philosophy

Resource Sharing An extension of circulation Not ILL

Fundingthe Project

Grants

Reserve Funds

Members share fees

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

Impact on Delivery - Before

Impact on Delivery - After

Our Fleet

1998 1994 1992

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

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

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www.nbcls.org

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