By LJ Staff

After months of negotiations, the board of the King County Library System (KCLS), Issaquah, has agreed to a compromise over use of its system by residents of Seattle, who borrow far more from KCLS than King County residents get from the Seattle Public Library (SPL). Seattle residents won't be able to place holds at KCLS starting October 1. The compromise was suggested after a study of the Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement suggests that reciprocal borrowing costs KCLS at least $876,513 more than it costs SPL. Seattle director Deborah Jacobs had praised the compromise, which still must be approved by the library board on June 22. The board had previously called for the compromise to last until 2010, but KCLS trustees voted for a one-year test, according to the Seattle Times.