SMOKY LAKE PUBLIC LIBRARY

POLICY NUMBER:              404

SUBJECT:      Resource Sharing

Date Passed      ____October 6, 2008___      Board Chair      _____Carole Carpenter______

Reviewed      ______April 24, 2018____      Board Chair      _____Lisa Boykiw______________

Reviewed      ______April 04, 2023____      Board Chair      _____Lisa Boykiw______________

Purpose

The Smoky Lake Public Library sees resource sharing as an integral part of the service provided by the library.

Policy

1. It is the policy of the Board to provide access to information for patrons of this library.  Therefore, if the library does not own the needed information, the library will facilitate acquisition of the material.

2. Library staff will first utilize the TRAC catalogue, and if the item is not available in our system, staff will search TAL online catalogue.  Staff will access the provincial sharing system to acquire the items from the TAL online catalogue.  The library cardholder will be responsible for any costs incurred.

3. All requests from other libraries will be filled in a timely manner from our collection.  The exception will be books on reserve by our cardholders.