Address:
3401 South 39th Street
Mail:
PO Box 343922
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
53234-3922
United States
County: Milwaukee 
Phone: 414-382-6711
Connect to: Library Web Site✔ Online Catalog
Library details: SWITCH Library Consortium is a Consortium.
This library is affiliated with SWITCH Library Consortium (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 8,304,565 volumes. The library circulates 1,180,004 items per year. The library serves a population of 113,652 .
Other Info:
SWITCH, or the Southeastern Wisconsin Information Technology Exchange, is a library consortium located in Milwaukee Wisconsin. It operates an integrated library automation system with a unified database and a shared online catalog using Koha, open source software with support from ByWater Solutions. It manages EZProxy and oversees an inter-institutional delivery service that runs M-F.
The SWITCH Library Consortium consists of eight academic libraries in the Milwaukee area whose current member institutions include: Alverno College, Cardinal Stritch University, Concordia University Wisconsin, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Mount Mary University, Sacred Heart Seminary & School of Theology, Saint Francis Seminary and Wisconsin Lutheran College.
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Organizational structure: It operates on a Non-profit financial model.
| Statistics Consortium | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Population | 113,652 | Residents |
| Collection size | 8,304,565 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 1,180,004 | transactions |
| Technology Profile | ||
|---|---|---|
| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Alma | 2018 |
| Previous Automation System | Koha -- ByWater Solutions | 2015 |
| Previous Automation System | Millennium | 1998 |
| Previous Automation System | Innopac | 1991 |
| Catalog Enhancement | LibraryThing for Libraries | |
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the SWITCH Library Consortium (view map) | ||
| The library's automation system is hosted by the vendor through an Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) arrangement. | ||
| This library is responsible for the procurement of the library automation system. | ||
| Identifiers | |
|---|---|
| libraries.org ID | 520 |
Record History: This listing was created on Jun 7, 1997 and was last modified on Jan 6, 2023.
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