Open AccessMarmot and Prospector—A Statistical Review
Author(s) -
Jimmy Thomas
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
collaborative librarianship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1943-7528
DOI - 10.29087/2012.4.3.02
Subject(s) - alliance , marmot , union catalog , shared resource , front (military) , geography , library science , environmental resource management , political science , computer science , archaeology , environmental science , ecology , meteorology , computer security , biology , cataloging
Public and academic libraries of the Marmot Library Network in western Colorado joined the Prospector regional union catalog hosted by the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries. Growth in patron-initiated resource sharing between Colorado Front Range/Wyoming and Western Slope libraries is analyzed in terms of circulation counts, lend/borrow ratios, load balancing issues, and collection development challenges.