STATEWIDE CALIFORNIA ELECTRONIC LIBRARY CONSORTIUM INC (SCELC)

LICENSING OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES: THIS IS SCELC'S PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY TO ASSIST LIBRARIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS. WHILE MEMBER LIBRARIES ARE PRIVATE ACADEMIC AND NONPROFIT RESEARCH LIBRARIES, SCELC'S AFFILIATE PROGRAM OPENS DISCOUNTED LICENSING OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL TYPES OF LIBRARIES ACROSS MANY GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS. SCELC'S NEGOTIATION, ORDER AND INVOICE PROCESSING SERVICES PROVIDE A FULL SUITE OF SERVICES THAT SAVE LIBRARIES MONEY, TIME AND LABOR. TOTAL SAVINGS AS COMPARED TO THE LIST PRICE OF MOST RESOURCES RANGE WIDELY, FROM 5% TO MORE THAN 90%, PROVIDING LIBRARIES A VALUABLE AND MEASURABLE RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

RESOURCE SHARING AND COOPERATIVE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT IS AN ONGOING AREA OF ACTIVITY FOR SCELC. A COMMITTEE OF SCELC LIBRARIANS IS FOCUSED ON SUCH RESOURCE SHARING ACTIVITIES AS:A) COLLABORATIVE SHARED PRINT PROGRAMS, WHEREBY LIBRARIES MAKE MUTUAL BINDING AGREEMENTS TO STRUCTURE A SHARED ARCHIVE OF PRINT MATERIALS, THUS CREATING SPACE-SAVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATING LIBRARIES. SCELC COMPLETED ITS FIRST FULL SHARED PRINT PROJECT WITH FOURTEEN OF ITS LIBRARIES AND COMPLETED A SECOND PHASE WITH TWELVE ADDITIONAL LIBRARIES. IN 2019, IT LAUNCHED A NEW PHASE WITH SIX CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES PLUS TWO ADDITIONAL PRIVATE ACADEMIC LIBRARIES. SCELC IS NOW THE DE FACTO LEADER IN SHARED PRINT ON THE WEST COAST, WITH FURTHER PLANS UNDERWAY TO EXTEND THE PROGRAM MORE BROADLY. THE SHARED PRINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ASSURES ONGOING GOVERNANCE AND OVERSIGHT OF THE SHARED PRINT PROGRAM. SCELC ALSO BECAME A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE PARTNERSHIP FOR SHARED BOOK COLLECTIONS IN 2020.B) CALLIMACHUS, A SCELC SHARED DIGITAL LIBRARY PROGRAM CREATED BY SCELC'S PURCHASE OF A SHARED CONTENTDM DIGITAL SOFTWARE LICENSE;C) COOPERATIVE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, WHICH WILL GROW AS A RESULT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SHARED PRINT PROGRAMS. THE MANY SMALL OR SPECIALIZED LIBRARIES THAT CONSTITUTE THE SCELC MEMBERSHIP WILL SEE BENEFITS FROM COLLABORATIVE FOCUSING OF COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT AND MATERIALS SELECTION ONCE THE SCELC RESOURCE SHARING ACTIVITIES HAVE MATURED TO THE POINT WHERE UNIQUE AND WIDELY HELD HOLDINGS AT EACH LIBRARY ARE READILY IDENTIFIABLE AND COMPARABLE WITH OTHER MEMBER LIBRARIES.D) COLLABORATIVE COLLECTIONS PROGRAM: LAUNCHED IN 2019, SCELC PROVIDES ACCESS TO A SHARED COLLECTION OF 40,000+ E-BOOKS FROM JSTOR TO 69 LIBRARIES. AT THE END OF EACH FISCAL YEAR EACH LIBRARY CAN THEN PURCHASE THOSE EBOOKS WITH THE HIGHEST USE FOR PERMANENT ACCESS IN THEIR LOCAL COLLECTIONS. SCELC IS EXPLORING HOW TO EXPAND THE COLLABORATIVE COLLECTIONS MODEL INTO OTHER AREAS. J) A MONTHLY VIRTUAL TOWNHALL WITH LIBRARY DEANS AND DIRECTORS TO DISCUSS SCELC OPPORTUNITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHALLENGES IN RESEARCH, MEDICAL, AND ACADEMIC LIBRARIES.