METRONET LIBRARY CONSORTIUM

TO PROMOTE RESOURCE SHARING IN A LIBRARY SETTING AND TO FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF SERVICES DESIRED BY THE MEMBERSHIP. RESOURCE SHARING IS DEFINED AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RECIPROCAL BORROWING, INTERLOAN, AND INTRALOAN. METRONET WISHES TO ESTABLISH RECIPROCAL BORROWING AGREEMENTS WITH LIBRARY COOPERATIVES, MULTITYPE LIBRARY NETWORKS AND INDIVIDUAL LIBRARIES.THE LIBRARIES PARTICIPATING IN METRONET HAVE A COMMON VISION EXPANDING BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE. METRO NET SHALL BE PROACTIVE AND CREATE A FLEXIBLE ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO EXPERIMENTATION, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, AND PROGRESSIVE APPROACHES TO LIBRARY SERVICE. TO REALIZE THIS VISION, THERE MUST BE COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP, TECHNICAL AND INTELLECTUAL SHARING OF RESOURCES AMONG LIBRARIES OF ALL TYPES. AS THE VISION BECOMES REALITY, THERE WILL EMERGE THE PARTICIPATING LIBRARIES DIVERSE APPROACHES, BUT A FLEXIBLE AND COORDINATED STRUCTURE.