Idaho Commission for Libraries

The mission of WELCOM is to supply increasingly diverse materials to community members for education, research, and recreation by sharing and purchasing resources individually or in concert. The mission is also to encourage cooperation and communication between library professionals for the continued professional growth of community libraries.

Member Libraries:

Buhl Public Library

WIN, the Washington-Idaho Network, is a cooperative multi-type library consortium serving academic, public, school, and special libraries in the states of Washington and Idaho. WIN facilitates access to information by acquiring automated systems that serve as gateways to information beyond library walls.

The Valley Mountain Library Consortium (VMLC) exists to provide expanded resources and improved services through systematic interlibrary cooperation among member libraries.

Member Libraries:

Armoral Tuttle Public Library (New Plymouth)
Boise Basin District Library
Cambridge Library
Cascade Public Library
Council Public Library

VALNet, the Valley Automated Library Network, is a consortium of public, school, and academic libraries in Southeastern Washington and North Central Idaho working together to share resources and information services. VALNet currently serves 60,000 patrons with over 630,000 items.

In the late 1970s, the Directors of the Boise, Caldwell, Nampa and Twin Falls libraries joined together to share the costs of an automated circulation system. In 1995, when growth necessitated a change, a contract was signed to purchase a new Dynix integrated online catalog system and the LYNX! Consortium came online in March 1996.

The Library Consortium of Eastern Idaho (LCEI) is a consortium of multi-type libraries serving the public of Eastern Idaho.

INCOL’s mission is to engage in cooperative activities, which enable member institutions to improve library services to their constituencies. The major activities of the council include continuing education and the Spokane area local courier

Member Libraries:

Asotin County Library
Coeur d'Alene Public Library

INLAN is a consortium of libraries created to facilitate group access to automated information services. In 2001, INLAN joined with the CIN and VALNet consortia to form the Washington-Idaho Network (WIN).

Member Libraries

Gonzaga University Library
Gonzaga Law Library

The Cooperative Information Network (CIN) provides ILS and related services to members as an independent consortium and as a member of the Washington Idaho Network of Libraries.

Member Libraries:

Coeur d'Alene Public Library
Kellogg Public Library
Kootenai medical Center Libraries (2 locations)
Kootenai-Shoshone Area Libraries (7 locations)