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The Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS) is a library cooperative serving residents of the
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district, which includes most of
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, Yamhill, and
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Counties, and a small portion of Linn County in
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. The CCRLS offices are located on the campus of the Chemeketa Community College in Hayesville, an unincorporated suburb northeast of
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. The Cooperative works in tandem with member libraries to determine services, policies, and procedures. The organization is governed by the College Board of Education, with input from the CCRLS Advisory Council, which is made up of one "lay member" from each county and representing the rural areas, five library directors, and one city manager. Although considered a
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by the State of Oregon, CCRLS has no holdings of its own, instead operating as a service overlay to coordinate 16 independent and locally owned libraries into a cohesive system able to provide service to all citizens of the district.


History

In 1972, the
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awarded a $12,000 Library Services and Technology Act grant to the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments to fund a study of the library needs of citizens in the tri-county area surrounding Salem, Oregon. At that time, statistics showed that of the 240,500 residents of the area, 100,000 did not have local library service. The plan that developed as a result of this study recommended implementation of five basic services: * a
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, * courier service between libraries, * a district-wide
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, * provision of reference and information service for smaller libraries, and * a film circuit service. A bookmobile could not be funded in the first year of operation, so a books-by-mail service was implemented instead. Initial funding for this was provided by a 1973
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grant. At that time, the Chemeketa Community College administration was designated the
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for the grant money to fund the new Library Service. The Cooperative began operating in 1974, and in its first two years provided library service to 41,800 previously unserved, rural users. In 1975, special legislation (Oregon Senate Bill 160) authorized community college districts to establish public libraries, clearing the way for CCRLS to operate as a department of Chemeketa Community College. During its first decade of existence, CCRLS was funded through a series of levies. The Service was highly visible to the public because in order to keep the service running, the Service needed to approach the voters every few years for funding. Services changed in a minor way, with books-by-mail eventually being phased out as a less cost-effective service. In 1985, the Chemeketa District voters approved a tax base for the college, a portion of which was dedicated to CCRLS. This created (before the years of property tax limitations), the first stable funding for a public library multi-jurisdictional system in the State of Oregon. This funding allowed CCRLS to pursue library
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, and for the first time, the CCRLS member libraries were linked by a computer network and
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that allowed library users to search all 18 libraries' catalogs at one time, and request material from any of those locations to be delivered to their home library within days.


CCRLS today

Current CCRLS services include: reimbursement to cities for serving non-city patrons, courier service among libraries, lost book reimbursement, an integrated automated system, net lending reimbursement, a rotating collection of bestsellers for small libraries, and a pass-through grant from State funding for children's services. All direct services to patrons, including bookmobile services, have been discontinued. Instead, CCRLS provides greater service to the member libraries in the form of computer networking and equipment, centralized software administration and support, cataloging services, and payment for numerous online resources.


CCRLS member libraries

CCRLS membership includes 18 libraries; 16 are public libraries, one is a community college library, and one is a tribal library. *Amity Public Library,
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*Chemeketa Community College Library,
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*Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Library,
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*Dallas Public Library,
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*Dayton (Mary Gilkey) Public Library,
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*Independence Public Library,
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*Jefferson Public Library,
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*Lyons Public Library, Lyons, Oregon *McMinnville Public Library,
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*Monmouth Public Library,
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*Mount Angel Public Library,
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* Newberg Public Library,
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* Salem Public Library,
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*Sheridan Public Library,
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*Silver Falls Library District,
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*Stayton Public Library,
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*Willamina Public Library,
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*Woodburn Public Library,
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See also

* Library Information Network of Clackamas County *
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*
Washington County Cooperative Library Services Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS) is the library system serving Washington County, Oregon. WCCLS distributes tax funds to libraries. It was established in 1975. Libraries WCCLS is made up of 16 libraries which are operated b ...


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External links

* {{Authority control Education in Marion County, Oregon Education in Yamhill County, Oregon Salem, Oregon Public libraries in Oregon 1974 establishments in Oregon Education in Polk County, Oregon Marion County Sheridan, Oregon Library consortia in Oregon