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Collegedale commission weighs joining Tennessee regional library system; staff say membership could cut some costs
Summary
Commissioner House presented benefits of joining the state's regional library system—training, IT and courier services, grant assistance and free access to statewide digital collections—while commissioners pressed staff on contract, staffing and budget implications; staff said joining should not raise the city's near-term library costs.
Commissioner House urged the Collegedale City Commission to approve pursuing membership in the Tennessee regional library system, saying it would expand services without requiring the city to cede control of its library.
House told the commission the state has agreed to allow Collegedale to join and that membership brings a suite of supports: trustee workshops, marketing and grant-writing assistance, in-region IT staff with a targeted response window, a courier service for interlibrary loans, and material grants the regional staff described as roughly $7,000 per year for a library of Collegedale's size. House also said…
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