Resource Sharing Rocks!

Resource Sharing

Rocks!ISLMA Mini Conference

Lake Park High School-East CampusRoselle, Illinois March 1, 2014

What is RAILS?

• Reaching Across Illinois Library System• RAILS serves more than 1,500 academic,

public, school and special libraries in northern and western Illinois

• RAILS was formed by the merger of five library systems on July 1, 2011

RAILSPopulation: 7,886,400 26,926 square miles

IHLSPopulation: 2,248,63428,141 square miles

Resource Sharing = Illinois Libraries

go formal or informal

Interlibrary loan Lingo

ALA formOCLC WorldShare

SHAREI-SHARE

Share IllinoisInterlibrary Loan

how do they do it???

you are not alone!

WorldShare ILL

SHARE(IHLS – Polaris)

I-Share (CARLI – Voyager)

Share Illinois

Cher

Interlibrary Loan

Use I-Share to search for library materials in Illinois, check the availability of items, and place requests.

SHARE is a collection of libraries in central and southern Illinois that have joined together to form the largest automation consortium in the country.

SHARE (Share Holdings And Resources Easily) is a cooperative project to facilitate staff-initiated interlibrary loans among participating Illinois library automation consortia.

OCLC WorldShare Interlibrary Loan is a new service that will replace WorldCat Resource Sharing as part of your existing resource sharing subscription on January 3, 2014.

Share: v. To allow someone

to use something that one possesses

They say our books won’t fill the shelf…I got you babe

why ILL rocks for schools

expand the resources for teachers and students in your school

position the library as a critical informaiton resource for the school

model ILL for students – make them research rock stars in their academic future

Why Resource Sharing Rocks!

10. Modeling sharing9. Increase the number of people you serve8. Publicizing your library7. Assisting your teachers with their professional development 6. Previewing items before you purchase5. Increasing collaboration with the public libraries4. Growing your value in the eyes of your principal 3. Aligning to core curriculum2. Saving your district money1. Seeing your patrons smile because you have met their need!

Contributed by RAILS Member Jeanne Lohfink, District Librarian, Beach Park School District #3 in Beach Park, IL

ILLin’ Comments

“Interlibrary loan expands student horizons and extends the curriculum.”

High School English Teacher

“For my students, interlibrary loan is like opening the front door of every library for them to enter and explore.” Social Studies Teacher

“You guys are awesomely helpful!” Math Teacher

Teacher Comments

“Using interlibrary loan has allowed me to adapt the curriculum to my students’ interests and needs and to pilot books without financial risk. It also allows students to find actual books that address their research topics; students are often surprised that such resources exist and that they are more useful than databases and Google searches. You can take that to the bank.”

English Teacher

ILLiad users

e-book consortia & schools

affordable & easy access for school libraries

Meeting the needs of Illinois’ diverse automation landscape

Let’s talk collections

scoping for schools

eRead Illinois Membership Fee Elements

base fee ($250)*

population fee

collection budget (0.5%)

eRead Illinois membership fee

example eRead Illinois fees for schools School Name Base Fee

for every library

FTEStaff & students

Collection Budget

0.5% of collection budget

eRead Membership Fee

Lisa Simpson Elementary School

$250 750 n/a n/a *$250 (for fte under 1,000)

Hello Kitty School District

$250 1,051 $20,392 $102 $452

Wonder WomanHigh School

$250 1,126 $7,000 $35 $385

BatgirlCountry Day School

$250 2,317 $44,180 $221 $571

Questions? Contact us!

ereadillinois@railslibraries.info

http://www.railslibraries.info/resource-sharing/ebooks

Veronda J. PitchfordProject Director, eRead IllinoisDirector of Member Development & Resource Sharing 630.734.5119 or veronda.pitchford@railslibraries.info