Integrated library management systems| Library automation software systems

Looking for a way to expand your collection without expanding your budget? Sharing resources is the most cost-effective way to continue to freshen the materials you can offer your users. The basic idea on which libraries themselves were founded – maximizing the usefulness of materials by circulating them – can be expanded further. Except in this case, whole collections of materials can be loaned to a series of partner libraries, circulated, and eventually returned.

The libraries involved conserve funds through reduced resource requirements, while users receive a better variety of materials.

Of course overseeing such a program, making sure materials are distributed fairly, and keeping track of where your library's resources are at any given time could mean many tedious hours for staff. And yet carefully tracking all the details is just what makes such a process successful.

That's why Collection Exchange lets you enjoy all the advantages of shared resources without the administrative chores that accompany it. Collection Exchange manages all the details, no matter how many libraries are involved or how complicated the arrangement your library chooses. Collection Exchange can help libraries of all types and sizes reach that elusive goal of offering more for less, by managing the rotation of collections among your group of libraries.

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