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History. Founded in 1966, the Free Library of Springfield Township provides free access to over 60,000 educational and recreational materials to all Springfield Township and Montgomery County residents. Since its opening, the library has been dedicated to creating a community center for lifetime learning. FLS is a charter member of Access ...
Public libraries in North America. Patrons studying and reading at the New York City Public Library. A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is generally funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also civil servants.
In 1998 a white paper was created exploring the feasibility of a statewide public library card for Georgia. As Georgia had consistently ranked among the lowest states in public library funding per capita it was agreed that a universal library card could be of great benefit to the residents of Georgia as long as the affiliated libraries were unified under one single integrated library system (ILS).
Michigan eLibrary. Michigan eLibrary or Michigan electronic library (shortened as MeL ), is an online library service of the state of Michigan for users of libraries in the state. It combines a group of participating libraries together in their efforts and resources. There are about 430 participating libraries in the state of Michigan.
ICCAD. v. t. e. An integrated library system (ILS), also known as a library management system (LMS), [1][2] is an enterprise resource planning system for a library, used to track items owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed. An ILS is usually made up of a relational database, software to interact with that database, and ...
It was established in 1977 when the first county-wide funding levy was approved by county voters. LINCC is a resource and revenue sharing network with a single library computer system. The consortium remains distinct from the Library District of Clackamas County created by a ballot measure voted on during the 2008 general election. [1] [2]
On February 15, 2010, the Michigan Library Consortium (MLC) merged with INCOLSA to form the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS). [citation needed] MCLS is a non-profit membership organization [1] composed of various types of libraries from Indiana and Michigan. [2] MCLS provides libraries a convenient, single point of contact for ...
Library Systems & Services. Library Systems & Services is a private for-profit company that manages municipal libraries on an outsourced basis. [1] [2] It is the largest library outsourcing company in the United States. It runs 20 library systems in 80 locations. Its headquarters are in Rockville, Maryland [2] and it also operates in the UK. [3]