{"id":324,"date":"2014-10-29T15:59:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T21:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polarisdiscovery.com\/?p=324"},"modified":"2020-10-11T14:01:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T20:01:46","slug":"baltimore-county-public-library-10-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polaris.iiidiscovery.com\/?p=324","title":{"rendered":"Pinnacle Library Cooperative"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href='http:\/\/pinnaclelibraries.org' class='small-button smallblue' target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a>\n<a href='https:\/\/pinnacle.polarislibrary.com\/polaris\/default.aspx?ctx=6.1033.0.0.6' class='small-button smallblue' target=\"_blank\">Catalog<\/a>\n<p>Pinnacle Library Cooperative has been a Polaris customer since 2012. \u00a0Pinnacle has a collection of over\u00a01.3\u00a0million volumes.<\/p>\n<p>The Pinnacle Consortium\u00a0is headquartered in\u00a0Bolingbrook, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The consortium is comprised of 6\u00a0public libraries (9 total locations) including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Fountaindale Public Library Catalog\" href=\"https:\/\/pinnacle.polarislibrary.com\/polaris\/default.aspx?ctx=3.1033.0.0.6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fountaindale Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Joliet Public Library Catalog\" href=\"https:\/\/pinnacle.polarislibrary.com\/polaris\/default.aspx?ctx=6.1033.0.0.6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joliet Public Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Lemont Public Library District Catalog\" href=\"https:\/\/pinnacle.polarislibrary.com\/polaris\/default.aspx?ctx=9.1033.0.0.6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lemont\u00a0Public Library District<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Plainfield Public Library District\" href=\"https:\/\/pinnacle.polarislibrary.com\/polaris\/default.aspx?ctx=11.1033.0.0.6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Plainfield Public Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Shorewood-Troy Public Library\" href=\"https:\/\/pinnacle.polarislibrary.com\/polaris\/default.aspx?ctx=13.1033.0.0.6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shorewood-Troy\u00a0Public Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"White Oak Library District Catalog\" href=\"https:\/\/pinnacle.polarislibrary.com\/polaris\/default.aspx?ctx=17.1033.0.0.6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">White Oak Library District<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pinnacle is a great example of a single Polaris implementation whose individual libraries have done unique PowerPAC customizations. \u00a0If you follow any of the linked libraries above you&#8217;ll notice each library&#8217;s PowerPAC is very unique even though they share a single instance of Polaris.<\/p>\n<p>Pinnacle also exemplifies how Polaris handles electronic resource ownership selectively in a consortium. \u00a0Fountaindale, Lemont and Shorewood-Troy provide their patrons access to the Bibliotheca Cloud Library (eBooks) while the other members do not. \u00a0The 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