The next meeting of the Automation Committee will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 10:00am via Microsoft Teams.
The public may participate using the link below:
https://tinyurl.com/wfnhxgn
SJVLS joins the Central Valley library community in mourning the loss of the Porterville City Library in a devastating fire on the afternoon of Tuesday, February 18th. The Porterville library is a longtime member of SJVLS and we look forward to working with them to rebuild services to the Porterville community.
As the provider of technical support services to the City Library, and pending future direction from them, SJVLS has taken steps to mitigate the impact on library users. Materials checked out at Porterville with due dates between 2/18/20 and 3/02/20 had their due dates extended. Unfilled holds with a Porterville pickup location have been suspended until 2/28/20 as well. The days since the fire have also been designated closed days in the library management system.
Library materials that were in transit to Porterville to fill holds are being temporarily held at the SJVLS shipping facility. We are working to reset requests that were filled by items destroyed in the fire.
The Library has opened a drop-off location for library materials and donations at 298 N. Main Street in Porterville. Nearby SJVLS member libraries are also available to assist Porterville's borrowers. Cards with the SJVLS logo are good at all member libraries. Materials can be returned to any SJVLS library. To place holds with alternate Tulare County pickup locations please use these catalog links:
Due to the ongoing public health concerns over COVID-19, all SJVLS library locations, including those in Porterville and throughout Tulare County, are currently closed. Online resources are still accessible.
Porterville's library users continue to have access to numerous online resources provided by the library and by SJVLS which are available from the Library's website http://www.ci.porterville.ca.us/depts/Library/resources.cfm.
Monetary donations can be directed to the City of Porterville (attention: Library) or The Friends of the Porterville Library. The Porterville City Library continues to provide updates on Facebook.
Donations for the heroic firefighters who gave their lives in the fire are being taken by the Tulare County Deputy Sheriff's Association.
Last updated 10/27/2020 at 11:49am
As a result of the rapidly changing situation surrounding the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, MOST SJVLS LIBRARIES remain closed to the public. However, some library locations have started to offer limited services. General summary information is provided below. For more information, please contact your local library. This list will be updated as we receive information from the individual libraries.
More information is available on the Mariposa County Library website
The next meeting of the Electronic Resources Committee will be held on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at the Visalia Branch Library.
The Administrative Council will meet on March 13, 2020 at 10AM at the Fresno Central Library, 2420 Mariposa St, Fresno CA 93721. The agenda will be posted at least 72 hours prior to the meeting.
The next meeting of the Automation Committee will be at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, January 22nd. The meeting will be held via Skype. Participating locations will be posted with the Agenda 72 hours prior to the meeting.
The next meeting of the Administrative Council will be on Friday, January 17, 2020 at the Woodward Park Regional Library, 944 E Perrin Avenue
Fresno, CA 93720. (559) 600-3135
The San Joaquin Valley Library System (SJVLS) seeks quotations from qualified vendors to provide subscription online indexing and abstracts to periodical and reference databases with graphical and full-text access covering a broad range of disciplines for the public library audience. These disciplines include, but are not limited to:
SJVLS also seeks quotes for specialized databases for
SJVLS serves the public library systems of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mariposa, and Tulare Counties, and the city/district libraries of Coalinga-Huron, Porterville, and Tulare. In all, SJVLS represents 10 library jurisdictions and 110 individual library locations including large urban, medium city/suburban, and small, isolated rural libraries. [Map of branch locations]
SJVLS attempts to provide the member libraries with services that can be performed more economically as a consortium than as individual libraries. Current consortium databases include full text periodical databases, full-text reference book articles, newspapers and specialty resources for researchers and small businesses. See the Scope of Work section for details of the resources sought.
A Vendor Teleconference is scheduled on Friday, November 22, 2019 at 1:30 PM PST.
Bidders are invited to participate in the teleconference by calling (712) 451-0200. Use access code 490349# to join the conference.
All submissions must be received by the date and time indicated as the Closing Date in the Key Dates section below. Proposals and quotes should be submitted to:
San Joaquin Valley Library System
2420 Mariposa Street
Fresno, CA 93721
| RFQ Issue Date: | November 13, 2019 |
| Vendor Teleconference: |
November 22, 2019 at 1:30 PM PST |
| Deadline for Requests for Interpretations or Corrections of RFQ: | December 3, 2019 at 3:00 PM PST |
| Response to Questions Posted: | December 4, 2019 |
| RFQ Closing Date: | December 18, 2019 at 3:00 PM PST |
| Vendor Presentations: | January 8-16, 2020 (exact date and location to be arranged) |
| Trial Access to Database Package: | December 19, 2019 - January 31, 2020 |
The next meeting of the SJVLS Automation Committee will be on Wednesday, November 20th at 10:00 AM at the Visalia Branch Library. The agenda will be posted on 11/15.
