Address:
810 Main Street
Hackensack,
New Jersey
07601
United States
County: Bergen 
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Library details: Bergen County Cooperative Library System is a Consortium.
This library is affiliated with Bergen County Cooperative Library System (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 36,261,102 volumes. The library circulates 84,415,846 items per year. The library serves a population of 8,993,024 .
Other Info: The Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS) was formed in 1979 to foster resource sharing among Bergen County public libraries. The cornerstone activity has been, and remains reciprocal borrowing, where a patron''s hometown library card is honored at all participating libraries. There are currently 75 members including all 61 public libraries in Bergen County, 8 in Essex County, 4 in Hudson County, and 1 in Passaic County.
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Administration: The director of the library is Marie Coughlin .
Organizational structure: The library is part of a publicly-funded organization. It operates on a Non-profit financial model.
| Statistics Consortium | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Population | 8,993,024 | Residents |
| Collection size | 36,261,102 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 84,415,846 | transactions |
| Technology Profile | ||
|---|---|---|
| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Polaris | 2011 |
| Previous Automation System | Symphony | 2004 |
| Previous Automation System | DRA | 1987 |
| Self-Check | Meescan Inc. | |
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the Bergen County Cooperative Library System (view map) | ||
| This library is responsible for the procurement of the library automation system. | ||
Automation Survey: We are conducting a study on the automation systems used in libraries. This survey should be completed by a person familiar with your libraries use of Polaris.
Technology Interoperability Survey:
We are conducting a study on factors related to the selection and interoperability of technology systems in academic libraries.
| Identifiers | |
|---|---|
| libraries.org ID | 1050 |
| OCLC Symbol | BRG |
| WorldCat Registry ID | 6688 |
Record History: This listing was created on Jun 14, 1997 and was last modified on Jan 18, 2022.
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