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Originally Posted by Joykins
I don't think there's a real reason such consortia need to be city/county/state geographic in theme, i.e. I don't know if there isn't a real reason that libraries could develop consortia that serve, say, remote rural areas, encourage rural libraries to join, etc. Or the same for, say, community colleges or state universities. But the basic building blocks of public libraries are local because they are funded by local taxes.
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Several of the reciprocal libraries I belong to are regional (multi-county, multi-city) in nature for their digital (OverDrive, etc) services.