....now a member of the Perry County Public Library
Small Ind. libraries team up, share to stay open, (Northwest Indiana Times, 4/7/2012)
Excerpt: Consolidations can have financial benefits, such as by reducing technology and administrative costs, said deputy state librarian Jim Corridan.
He said merged libraries can cost less because they often don't need two of everything, including administrators, subscriptions to the same databases or licenses for the same software.
More than 150 of the state's 237 library districts have agreements to share books with each other. And nearly 100 districts have joined a consortium that allows the residents to check out more than 6 million items from libraries throughout the state, he said. Others have teamed up to get better deals from publishers on e-books and digital audio books.
"We've seen a growing trend toward collaboration," Corridan said.
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