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When NC Cardinal began resource sharing materials in 2013, there were no consortium-wide lending policies. Each library had a different limit on what kinds of items they would share which was confusing for library staff and complex to track and manage. As a result, library directors discussed and agreed to the standards above. The agreement to share all circulating book, CD, audiobook and video after the 6 month age hold protection was passed by unanimous vote at the Cardinal Annual Meeting on June 9, 2015. The agreement to allow up to 25 resource sharing holds per patron was initially set at 7 holds per circulation modifier, per patron at the Cardinal Annual Meeting on June 9, 2015, but updated by the Governance Committee to the 25 item limit because we found that Evergreen hold policies could not be limited to 7 for an individual circulation modifier. The 25 minimum limit for holds on books and AV materials applies as a total for all shareable formats (not 25 for each individual format) and does not count/include checked out materials. Individual library systems can limit their own patrons to fewer total holds and set limits on which patron permission groups may place holds at all. Library systems cannot limit consortium patrons from other libraries from placing holds on their materials in these formats - so long as those materials circulate to the owning library's patrons and age hold protection is no longer in force. Items that do not normally circulate would not be included, such a genealogy or reference materials.
Example: Library A can limit Library A patrons' holds to a total of 10 items at a time, but cannot limit Library B or Library C patrons from placing up to 25 holds on audiobooks, books, music, and videos owned by Library A.