While the member libraries maintain their individual websites, the consortium uses PowerPAC as their sole web presence. Where there’s a need for a page of local content (e.g., a page with Book Recommendations) , Black Gold has added custom pages within the PowerPAC framework and linked them to a “Main Menu” in the side dashboard area.
As a multi-site system, Bridges has done a very nice job of personalizing the PowerPAC for the individual member libraries. If you visit their PowerPAC, be sure and switch between a few of the library locations. Notice how nicely each library site has been customized.
Both resource sharing and autonomy are very important to the member libraries of CCS. This balance of attributes is very evident when you visit the Polaris PowerPAC pages for each library. Member libraries do a certain level of customization on their own while CCS consortium staff are quick to provide consulting and administration services.
Finger Lakes Library System is a consortium of five county library systems in upstate New York. Its a classic example of independent libraries sharing a single instance of Polaris.
Mohawk Valley and Southern Adirondack Library Systems was one of the first Polaris sites to adopt the Syndetics Unbound product integration.