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1.5. Resource Sharing Agreement

Last Updated 03/27/2025

Resource Sharing Policy

• Member libraries agree to share all circulating books, music CDs, audiobooks, DVDs, Blu-rays and related audiovisual materials through resource sharing after the expiration of the 6-month age hold protection.
• Member libraries agree to allow a minimum of 25 holds per patron for materials that are available through resource sharing.
• Student Access accounts are not eligible to participate in resource sharing.
• If materials are available for holds to local patrons after the six month age hold protection, they should be available for resource sharing holds.
• Library systems can choose to not have materials on Bookmobiles and Outreach collections available for holds, but if those materials are holdable, they should be available for resource sharing.
• Materials can remain on the hold shelf for a maximum of seven days.
• Material types not listed above can be shared at the discretion of the owning library.

(Passed by Governance Committee 5/3/22)

*The State Library of North Carolina’s Government and Heritage Library (GHL) is a special government library. GHL makes a portion of its collection available to other NC Cardinal libraries through resource sharing. GHL patrons are not able to request materials through resource sharing and GHL is not a designated pick-up library for resource sharing materials from other NC Cardinal libraries. The other special government libraries do not participate in resource sharing.