South Central Regional Library Council

SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL LIBRARY COUNCIL LEADS AND ADVOCATES FOR MEMBER LIBRARIES BY PROMOTING LEARNING, COLLABORATION, AND INNOVATION.

SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL LIBRARY COUNCIL IS A NON-PROFIT, MULTI-TYPE LIBRARY CONSORTIUM WORKING TO STRENGTHEN LIBRARY SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AND RESOURCES. CONTINUING EDUCATION IS ONE OF ITS LARGEST PROGRAMS. THIS PAST YEAR,55 EVENTS WERE HELD. THE WORKSHOPS, WEBINARS, CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, INTEREST GROUPS AND TRAININGS SERVED 1,438 LEARNERS. ALL EVENTS WERE FREE. THERE WERE 102 ARCHIVED YOUTUBE VIDEOS. THE 11 NEW VIDEOS WERE VIEWED 562 TIMES. TOPICS INCLUDED ACCESSIBILITY, HEALTH LITERACY, RESOURCE SHARING AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY. THE COUNCIL OFFERED CAREER COUNSELING TO LIBRARY WORKERS AND RECENT LIBRARY SCHOOL GRADUATES. DIGITIZATION IS ANOTHER BIG PROGRAM.FIFTY-NINE SCRLC MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN THE STATEWIDE COLLABORATIVE DIGITIZATION PROGRAM, NEWYORKHERITAGE.ORG, CONTRIBUTING A TOTAL OF 22,759 ITEMS. THOSE OBJECTS GARNERED 322,018 PAGEVIEWS. THERE ARE NOW 160 NYS HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS FROM SCRLCTHE HOSPITAL LIBRARY SERVICES PROGRAM PROVIDED REGIONAL HOSPITALS WITH HEALTH INFORMATION RESOURCES, WHICH IN TURN SUPPORTS IMPROVED PATIENT OUTCOMES. SCRLC PILOTED A TELEHEALTH PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES, PROVIDING 19 KITS WITH HOT SPOTS. SCRLC PROVIDED THREE MAJOR DATABASES TO REGIONAL LIBRARIES AND FACILITATED THEIR PARTICIPATION IN VIRTUAL REFERENCE INITIATIVES AND ACCESS TO OTHER RESOURCES INCLUDING LIBGUIDES. SCRLC ALSO SUPPORTED DIGITIZATION AND RESOURCE SHARING EFFORTS. SCRLC'S PLAN OF SERVICE IS LOCATED AT HTTP://WWW.SCRLC.ORG UNDER COUNCIL DOCUMENTS.THE ORGANIZATIONAL VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE AS FOLLOWS:VISION:SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL LIBRARY COUNCIL ENVISIONS A FUTURE WHERE ALL PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK, AND STUDY IN OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE EQUITABLE AND RELIABLE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES AVAILABLE ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, AND ARE COMPETENT IN ALL LITERACIES. TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION, OUR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE AND WELCOME ALL PEOPLE, AND ARE VALUED AND WELL-FUNDED COMMUNITY PARTNERS, CENTRAL TO THOSE THEY SERVICE. IN THIS ENVISIONED FUTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IS CENTRAL TO OUR MISSION AND PRACTICES.MISSION:SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL LIBRARY COUNCIL EMPOWERS OUR MEMBERS THROUGH ADVOCACY, NETWORKING, RESOURCES, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; AND BY SUPPORTING DIVERSITY, INNOVATION, AND COLLABORATION TO STRENGTHEN THEIR ABILITY TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES AND PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES.VALUES:ADVOCACY THAT INCREASES MEMBERS' VISIBILITY AND THEIR ROLE AND IMPORTANCE IN SOCIETY. COLLABORATION AND NETWORKING THAT SUPPORTS AND ADVANCES THE ABILITY OF SCRLC MEMBERS TO MEET USERS' NEEDS, AND THAT ENGAGES ALL MEMBERS IN SCRLC LEADERSHIP, COLLABORATION, PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND BEYOND.DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND JUSTICE, WHICH RECOGNIZES THAT THESE ARE ESSENTIAL FOR EQUITY FOR HISTORICALLY OPPRESSED AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS OF PEOPLE, AND THAT VALUES ANTI-RACIST WORK AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS THAT SUPPORT EQUITY FOR ALL.EQUITY THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO INCLUSIVE INFORMATION (FROM HISTORICAL MATERIALS TO DIGITAL CONTENT), SERVICES, AND SPACES FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY AND DIVERSE WORK ENVIRONMENTS THAT NOURISH THE MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT FOR OUR MEMBERS.INNOVATION AND FUTURE-FORWARD THINKING THAT PROVIDES EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND CONTINUALLY INDENTIFIES OPPORTUNITIES AND UNCERTAINTIES, IMAGINING AND CO-CREATING OUT FUTURE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR MEMBERS.LEARNING THAT IS RESPONSIVE, RELEVANT, ENGAGING AND TRANSFORMATIONAL.