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id="s-lg-guide-name">Joint-Use Libraries: Home</h1> <div id="s-lg-guide-desc-container"> <span id="s-lg-guide-description">Basic information about joint-use libraries, with bibliographies.</span> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="s-lg-tabs-container" class="container s-lib-side-borders pad-top-med"> <div id="s-lg-guide-tabs" class="tabs" role="navigation" aria-label="Guide Pages"> <ul class="nav nav-tabs split-button-nav"> <li class="active"><a title="" class="active" href="https://libguides.ala.org/Jointuselibraries/Overview" ><span>Home</span></a></li><li class=""><a title="Articles addressing joint-use libraries of all types" class="" href="https://libguides.ala.org/Jointuselibraries/GeneralLit" ><span>General Articles</span></a></li><li class=""><a title="Selected articles on joint-use libraries that combine school and public library functions." class="" href="https://libguides.ala.org/Jointuselibraries/publicschoolarticles" ><span>Combined Public and School Libraries</span></a></li><li class=""><a title="Periodical literature on combined Academic and Public Libraries" class="" href="https://libguides.ala.org/Jointuselibraries/publicacademicarticles" ><span>Combined Public and Academic Libraries</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="s-lg-guide-tabs-title-bar" class="container s-lib-side-borders"></div>  <div id="s-lg-guide-main" class="container s-lib-main s-lib-side-borders" tabindex="-1"> <div class="row s-lg-row"><div id="s-lg-col-126" class="col-md-12"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes s-lg-box-special"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-17329112" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-17329112"><div id="s-lg-box-14704303-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-14704303" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Joint-Use Libraries</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-14704303" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-31946709" class=" clearfix"> <div style="background:#eeeeee;border:1px solid #cccccc;padding:5px 10px;"><img alt="Icons of people and a building with text that reads: Joint-Use Libraries" loading="lazy" src="https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/230181/images/Joint-use_libraries.png" style="border-width: 3px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px 15px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 150px;" /><span style="font-size:14px;">Joint use libraries, also known as <strong><em>combined libraries</em>, <em>dual use libraries</em>, <em>integrated libraries, co-managed librarie</em>s, </strong>or<strong> <em>cooperative libraries</em></strong>, are a special form of library cooperation. Joint-use libraries are those where two separate library service providers use the same building to serve distinct clienteles. Such libraries are most often public libraries combined with school library media centers or public libraries combined with academic libraries, but other types exist.</span><br />  </div> <p><br /> <br /> This guide provides resources on joint-use libraries, including a bibliography and online resources as well as resources on the most common joint-use library types - public libraries combined with school libraries and public libraries combined with academic libraries.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="row s-lg-row"><div id="s-lg-col-1" class="col-md-12"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-17329251" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-17329251"><div id="s-lg-box-14704414-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-14704414" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">General resources and checklists</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-14704414" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-31947338" class=" clearfix"> <p>The most common reason librarians (or trustees of libraries) contact us is for information as background for a discussion on whether to pursue a joint-use model locally.  Some of the basic resources for this purpose are these:</p> </div><div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-34696818" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-5"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-31947560" class="s-lg-book clearfix"><div class="s-lg-book-props"><a href="http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=3537" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '3',_st_content_id: '31947560',_st_inc_return: this});"><span id="s-lg-book-cover-31947560" class="s-lg-book-cover"></span><span id="s-lg-book-title-31947560" class="s-lg-book-title">Joint Libraries: Models That Work</span><span id="s-lg-book-by-31947560" class="s-lg-book-by"> by </span><span id="s-lg-book-author-31947560" class="s-lg-book-author">Claire B. Gunnels, Susan E. Green, and Patricia M. Butler</span></a><div class="s-lg-book-prop-isbn">ISBN: 978-0-8389-1138-9</div><div class="s-lg-book-prop-pubdate">Publication Date: 2012</div><div id="s-lg-book-desc-31947560" class="s-lg-book-desc">Written by three librarians who helped establish a joint-use college/public library. Offers insights to evaluate when and where a joint library is suitable.</div></div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-31947486" class="s-lg-book clearfix"><div class="s-lg-book-props"><a href="https://www.ifla.org/publications/ifla-professional-reports-108" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '3',_st_content_id: '31947486',_st_inc_return: this});"><span id="s-lg-book-cover-31947486" class="s-lg-book-cover"></span><span id="s-lg-book-title-31947486" class="s-lg-book-title">Public Libraries, Archives and Museums: Trends in Collaboration and Cooperation</span><span id="s-lg-book-by-31947486" class="s-lg-book-by"> by </span><span id="s-lg-book-author-31947486" class="s-lg-book-author">Alexandra Yarrow, Barbara Clubb & Jennifer-Lynn Draper</span></a><div class="s-lg-book-prop-isbn">ISBN: 978-90-77897-28-7</div><div class="s-lg-book-prop-pubdate">Publication Date: 2008</div><div id="s-lg-book-desc-31947486" class="s-lg-book-desc">This report, published by IFLA, examines the recent trends in collaboration and cooperation between public libraries, archives and museums. In many cases, the shared or similar missions of the institutions reviewed make them ideal partners in collaborative ventures. Full text PDF online.</div></div></div></li></ul></div><div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-34698579" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-31949436" class=""><span><a href="http://www.nsbn.org/case/jointuse/index.php" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '31949436',_st_inc_return: this});">Case Studies of Joint Use Facilities</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-31949436" class="s-lg-link-desc">From New Schools Better Neighborhoods, examples of joint-use projects combining K-12 schools with other facilities, including public libraries.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-31947355" class=""><span><a href="http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/ld/q-s/school-librarians/combined-sch-pl/guide" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '31947355',_st_inc_return: this});">Decision Guide (Iowa)</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-31947355" class="s-lg-link-desc">Dixon, Sandy. Is a Combined School/Public Library Right for Your Community? A Guide for Decision Makers. Des Moines, IA: State Library of Iowa, 2006. (PDF)</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-31947456" class=""><span><a href="https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/pld/pdf/comblibs.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '31947456',_st_inc_return: this});">Decision Guide (Wisconsin)</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-31947456" class="s-lg-link-desc">Wisconsin. Department of Public Instruction, Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning. Combined School and Public Libraries: Guidelines for Decision Making. 2nd ed. Madison, Wis: The Division, 1998. (PDF)</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-31950170" class=""><span><a href="https://theidaholibrarian.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/joint-use-libraries/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '31950170',_st_inc_return: this});">Joint-Use Libraries: An Annotated Bibliography</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-31950170" class="s-lg-link-desc">Overview of Joint-Use Libraries, by Cheryl Hoover, published in the Idaho Librarian, November 2012.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-31948598" class=""><span><a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/11625" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '31948598',_st_inc_return: this});">Library Trends issue on Dual-Use Libraries</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-31948598" class="s-lg-link-desc">The entire Spring 2006 issue of Library Trends (Vol. 54, No. 4) featured the theme, "Dual-Use Libraries." Sarah McNicol served as issue editor:</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-31949460" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/schoolplcoop" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '31949460',_st_inc_return: this});">School/Public Library Cooperative Programs</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-31949460" class="s-lg-link-desc">Examples of past successful partnerships between school & public libraries, collected by the AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation. 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