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A major resource of SHARE from the beginning was the SHARE library. Originally, IBM's operating systems were distributed in source form<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.princeton.edu/~melinda/25paper.pdf |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060513145315/http://www.princeton.edu/~melinda/25paper.pdf |archivedate=May 13, 2006 |title=VM and the VM Community: Past, Present, and Future |first=Melinda |last=Varian |publisher=Princeton University |date=August 1997|page=54}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.marist.edu/~vmshare/browse?fn=OCO:BDAY&ft=MEMO&args=KEYS#hit |title=MEMO OCO:BDAY - Today is OCO's tenth birthday |date=February 8, 1993}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cozx.com/~dpitts/ibm7090.html Dave Pitts' IBM 7090/7094 Page] – An example of distributed source: Page contains a link to [[IBM 7090/94 IBSYS]] source, including COBOL and FORTRAN compilers.
</ref> and it was common for [[systems programmers]] to make small local additions or modifications and to exchange them with other users. The SHARE library and the process of distributed development it fostered was one of the major origins of [[open source]] software.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soa-pipeline.com/news/169400167 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060324140930/http://www.soa-pipeline.com/news/169400167 |archivedate=March 24, 2006 |title=SHARE, IBM User Group, To Celebrate 50th Anniversary |first=David |last=Gardner |publisher=TechWeb News |date=August 17, 2005}}</ref>
SHARE was later incorporated as a non-profit corporation based in [[Chicago, Illinois]] and is currently located at 401 N. [[Michigan Avenue (Chicago)|Michigan Avenue]]. The organization produces a newsletter and conducts two major educational meetings per year.
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