Plan of Service The Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES School Library System
is a consortium of professionals and staff who provide vision, leadership
and services to the educational community. We continue to focus on excellence
in providing access to information, sharing resources and ideas, and developing
life-long learners.
Online Union Resource Sharing (O.U.R.S.) helps you find the library resources you need, no matter where they are located in the member libraries of the OCM BOCES School Library System. Interlibrary Loan requests must be processed through your school's Library Media Center.
Cooperative Collection Development Cooperation, coordination or sharing
in the development and management of collections by two or more libraries
making an agreement for that purpose.
Online Database Subscriptions The SLS provides direct
access to remote electronic information and instructional library resources
including periodicals (many full text), newspapers, references and visual images
to participating school libraries.The SLS offers training in bibliographic instruction of online search
strategies and technical support to library media personnel. These online
resources allow staff and students access to timely and authoritative
information on relevant topics that support the Learning Standards.
SLS COSER's Specialized Collections, Union Catalog, and Library Automation
COSERS.