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Library details: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois is a Consortium.
This library is affiliated with Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 41,629,605 volumes. The library circulates 4,039,676 items per year. The library serves a population of 435,862 .
Other Info: The I-Share database contains over fourteen million unique bibliographic records and more than 37 million item records, representing the holdings of the 86 CARLI I-Share member institutions. The combination of this enormous consortial collection with I-Share’s resource sharing services means that I-Share library patrons have ready access to a collection that is larger than most of the world’s greatest research libraries.
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Administration: The director of the library is Anne Craig .
Organizational structure: The library is part of a publicly-funded organization. It operates on a Non-profit financial model.
| Statistics Consortium | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Population | 435,862 | Residents |
| Collection size | 41,629,605 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 4,039,676 | transactions |
| Technology Profile | ||
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| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Alma | 2018 |
| Previous Automation System | Voyager | 2002 |
| Previous Automation System | DRA | 1998 |
| Previous Automation System | LCS -- Library Control System | 1979 |
| Discovery Interface | Primo | 2018 |
| Previous Discovery Interface | VuFind | 2008 |
| Digital Collection Management | CONTENTdm | |
| Item ID Type | Barcode | |
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (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 | |
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| libraries.org ID | 62006 |
| OCLC Symbol | ILL |
| WorldCat Registry ID | 50842 |
Record History: This listing was created on Mar 6, 2011 and was last modified on Apr 10, 2025.
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