A Steering Committee meets regularly to advise the Administration and to review and discuss library issues raised by TLN administration, individual libraries, membership committees, the Steering Committee itself or the membership as a whole. Specialized User Groups enable member libraries to regularly share ideas and information and solve problems in specific areas of library service. The staff are available to assist member libraries in setting up or monitoring business functions tailored to the specific needs of the individual library. Separate lists are prepared weekly for prepublication titles, monthly for cassettes, videos, and compact discs, and annually for subscriptions. Materials displays are available both at the TLN Building in Southgate, and at the Oakland County Law Library in Pontiac.
Librarians indicate their selections and number of copies.
They are then ordered by The Library Network and billed, at substantial discounts, to member libraries. The Library Network uses competitive bidding every three years for both books and periodicals to get the best discount. Libraries that wish to order materials directly from suppliers may have their purchases billed through Acquisitions Services. Most materials arrive from the vendor pre-processed. A processing area is maintained in Acquisitions Services for those materials which are not ordered through the main book jobber.