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7 <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACTS <br /> • Software costs associated with enabling the exchange of patron registration data. <br /> • Personnel costs associated with importing and exporting data. Personnel costs would be <br /> contingent upon the level of technical expertise required to perform this task and the frequency <br /> with which data is exchanged. <br /> • Sharing patron data has the potential to result in increased annual costs related to subscription <br /> resources and/or ILS maintenance. <br /> 2) SHARED ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION RESOURCES <br /> As indicated in option 1, both library systems maintain a collection of online resources for their library <br /> patrons. If a single card is accepted at both library systems,there may be opportunities to negotiate <br /> shared contracts for duplicated services. <br /> BENEFITS <br /> • Negotiating joint contracts for select online resource subscriptions may provide cost savings to <br /> both library systems or eliminate duplicate costs. <br /> PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS <br /> • Interlocal Agreement—Joint contract negotiation would require a well-defined interlocal <br /> agreement regarding the terms access,continuation, maintenance and ownership,as well as <br /> collaboration between the legal professionals representing each governing body. <br /> LIMITATIONS <br /> • Opportunities to negotiate shared contracts would have to be established separately for each <br /> vendor,and may not be available for all resources. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACTS <br /> • Further negotiations among governing bodies and resource vendors would be required in order <br /> to determine financial impacts. <br /> 3) EXCHANGE OF MATERIALS <br /> The library systems would regularly exchange books in order to fill patron requests for titles not owned by <br /> the patron's home library. <br /> Orange County Public Library currently provides a similar service to Carrboro libraries, including a courier <br /> route 3 times weekly. <br /> BENEFITS <br /> • Library patrons that prefer to use only one library system would have access to additional <br /> materials. <br /> • Library patrons would have additional flexibility regarding the pickup location of requested <br /> materials. <br /> 6 � .�� � �;�:�: <br />