What is Quad-LINC?

WHAT IS QUAD-LINC?

What is Quad-LINC

Quad-LINC facts

ONLINE FACTS

ACCESS FACTS

RESOURCE SHARING FACTS

DATABASE FACTS

Quad-LINC catalog via telnet

Marketing Materials for the New Quad-LINC System

What is Quad-LINC?

Quad-LINC stands for Quad Cities Libraries in Cooperation, a consortium of libraries in Western Illinois and Eastern Iowa.
There are 30 area public, academic, special and school libraries in the Quad Cities area that circulate their materials online on Quad-LINC. In addition, another 50+ libraries in the area have their library materials included in the Quad-LINC library catalog. All of these libraries are committed to cooperative resource sharing in order to provide their users the best possible access to information.
Through cooperation, Quad-LINC participating libraries attempt to broaden access to the world of information beyond the limitations of their individual library. Quad-LINC also allows area libraries to jointly meet the future information needs of their patrons by keeping up with advances in technology.

ONLINE FACTS

32 ONLINE MEMBER LIBRARIES

5 community colleges, 1 Illinois, 4 Iowa
4 liberal arts colleges, 1 Illinois, 3 Iowa
14 public libraries, 11 Illinois, 3 Iowa

1 serves a community of over 100,000

2 serve communities of over 40,000

3 serve communities of from 20,000-40,000

2 serve communities of from 4,000-20,000

6 serve communities of under 4,000

1 county library system, Iowa
1 Fortune 500 company, Illinois
1 high school, Illinois
2 grade schools, Illinois
1 state correctional facility, Illinois
1 library system, Illinois

2,654,184 FY2001 circulations on Quad-LINC

49.2% of all RBLS members use Quad-LINC for online circulation & online public catalog.

ACCESS FACTS

29 CONTRIBUTING OFFLINE MEMBERS (Union catalog holdings contributors) (29 members, 44 facilities)

9 public libraries, Illinois (9 public libraries, 9 facilities)

16 school districts, Illinois (16 districts, 30 facilities)

4 special libraries, 2 Illinois, 2 Iowa (4 special libraries, 5 facilities)

RESOURCE SHARING FACTS

506,947 FY2001 reciprocal borrowings at Quad-LINC libraries
136,454 FY2001 ILLs at RBLS libraries

100% of River Bend Library System members have online access to Quad-LINC and use it for ILL & resource sharing.

DATABASE FACTS (June 30, 2001)

216,603 Patrons in Quad-LINC
2,581,802 Items in Quad-LINC
1,078,218 USMARC bibliographic records in Quad-LINC
166,993 USMARC authority records in Quad-LINC

89% of RBLS members have their complete holdings in Quad-LINC.
98% of all items owned by RBLS members are in Quad-LINC.

	Address questions or comments to webmaster@libby.rbls.lib.il.us Quad-LINC is administered by the River Bend Library System 220 W. 23rd Ave, Coal Valley, IL 61240 309-799-3155

updated August 22, 2003