Please complete the following information for your Metropolitan Library System Academic Library Annual Report. This must be submitted by all MLS Academic Library members in order to remain a member. The deadline for completing this report is Thursday, April 30, 2010.

A PDF copy of this form can be reviewed at http://www.mls.lib.il.us/consulting/pdf/AcademicAnnualReportPDF.pdf.
If you have any questions or need assistance, contact Kathy Roegge at roeggek@mls.lib.il.us or (630) 734-5123.

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* 1. Enter the following information:

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* 2. Review your MLS Membership Directory information at http://www.librarylearning.info/libraries/?LibSys=MLS&LibraryTypeID=2. You can make any necessary changes to your Membership Directory entry by logging into your L2 account. If you need assistance, contact roeggek@mls.lib.il.us.

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* 3. Does the library maintain a professional trained staff of adequate size to serve its constituency and maintain appropriate accreditation evaluations?

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* 4. Is the library staffed and available to its users during the academic term when students are present and need service?

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* 5. Does the library have an identifiable budget and the ability to spend it?

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* 6. Does the library maintain a physical or electronic collection of reference tools appropriate for a library of its type, size, and responsibility?

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* 7. Does your organization have a physical space for staff and resources sufficient for organizational information needs?

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* 8. Do you agree to adhere to the principles of interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing as expressed in the MLS Reciprocal Access policy, found at http://www.mls.lib.il.us/resource_sharing/pdf/Reciprocal_Access_Policy_March_2007.pdf.
(MLS appreciates that some private or for-profit academics may not be able to fully participate in reciprocal borrowing because of local limitations from the parent organization or administration. An academic library may have collections on reserve for classes or only able to provide access to their collection via Interlibrary Loan.)

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* 9. Check the box next to the following programs or serivces that your library contributed to in the past year?

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* 10. Do you have any questions, comments or concerns you would like to share with the MLS staff?

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