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Plan For Cooperative Collection Management
ROLLING PRAIRIE LIBRARY SYSTEM
RPLS LONG RANGE PLAN
Communication and a history of working together, have created
a climate for cooperation among RPLS libraries and library agencies.
Increasingly, the sharing of library materials and services is stressed to
enlarge the range of services made available and to increase cost effectiveness
in providing these services. Cooperative collection development among libraries
is one example of cooperation that has gained wide acceptance. Rolling Prairie
Library System is committed to the exploration of ways in which to participate
in sharing alliances and to assist and support its members in their efforts to
create cooperative linkages.
COOPERATIVE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
A cooperative
collection plan is an agreement among a group of libraries to build a
collection of materials in a specified subject area with the express purpose of
equitably sharing the collective pool of materials for the mutual benefit of
the users of all participating libraries.
EXAMPLES OF COOPERATIVE COLLECTION DEVELOMENT PLANS IN
RPLS
A cooperative collection development LSC grant given
to four rural RPLS member libraries in 1990-91 serves as a model for other RPLS
libraries wanting to work together to pool limited resources to better serve
their communities. Public libraries in RPLS entered into cooperative collection
agreements with other libraries as a result of the 1992 Per Capita grant
requirements. These agreements built on the strengths of the libraries and
focused on local needs. Many of these plans and agreements are still in use.
FUTURE
Rolling Prairie Library System plans to encourage continued
development of cooperative collection management collections and promote their
usage within RPLS and statewide. Currently 140 of our member libraries
participate in the LLSAP. Their participation will facilitate CCM projects among
any subgroup of those libraries.
Cooperative collection development is an
evolving process designed to bring about lasting change in Illinois libraries.
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