![]() I-Share libraries are responsible for the costs of sending their staff to I-Share training and continuing education events as needed. Ongoing costs cover the library’s annual Governing Membership fee membership fee and an annual I-Share assessment fee determined by the CARLI Board. More information will be available at a future date. COSTS FOR I-SHARE PARTICIPATION One-time CostsĬARLI is working with our vendor to determine costs for adding participants to I-Share. Interested insitutions should email a letter of interest to the CARLI Office. APPLICATION PROCESSĬARLI is not currently adding new insitutions to I-Share but expects to be able to do so in the future. Libraries interested in participating in I-Share must be a CARLI governing member, and must be willing to abide by the terms of the I-Share participation agreement and the CARLI I-Share resource sharing policies, including providing access to their circulating collections to patrons of other I-Share libraries, promptly filling requests, and maintaining current and accurate catalog and borrower information. I-Share Participation Agreement Libraries Interested in Becoming an I-Share Library CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION Information about upcoming training sessions and events is available from the CARLI calendar, and from the various topical I-Share email lists. ![]() TRAININGĬARLI holds a variety of events, primarily online webinars. The I-Share community works together with the CARLI staff to provide a wide range of opportunities to learn from each other through best practice documents, educational programming, user forums and topical email lists, training materials, and more. No login is required to search and view, however a valid ID from an I-Share library is required to borrow items. The I-Share Union Catalog and the local catalogs are all accessible to the public. The combination of this enormous consortial collection with I-Share’s resource sharing services gives I-Share library patrons ready access to a collection that ranks among the world’s greatest research libraries. The I-Share database contains over 15 million unique bibliographic records and 38.17 million item records, representing the holdings of 88 CARLI I-Share member institutions. ACCESS TO AN ENORMOUS CONSORTIAL COLLECTION I-Share’s reciprocal borrowing policy also allows patrons who are registered borrowers at an I-Share library to visit any other I-Share library and borrow items onsite. Requested items are sent from the lending library to the borrower's library through ILDS. I-Share library patrons may locate and borrow items from other I-Share libraries when those items are not available at their local library. What's New with I-Share? Alma & Primo VEĮx Libris Alma replaced Voyager and SFX in June 2020 for the 88 institutions that are part of CARLI’s I-Share resource sharing system.Įx Libris Press Release, January 28, 2019ĬARLI Announcement to Members, OctoBenefits of I-Share Participation RESOURCE SHARING ![]() I-Share runs on the Alma and Primo VE platform from Ex Libris Group. ![]() I-Share also supports library collection management functions including circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials control, course reserves and reporting. I-Share provides participating libraries with an online catalog of their own collection as well as a merged, union catalog of the holdings of all I-Share libraries and supports resource sharing among participating libraries. The I-Share integrated library system serves as the online public catalog for 88 CARLI member libraries.
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