Annual Report

July 2004 – June 2005

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South Carolina Information and Library Services Consortium Annual Report

July 2004 – June 2005

This publication contains a brief history of the consortium, major accomplishments in the past year, annual statistics, and other miscellaneous information of the SCILS Consortium.  Statistics are included not to make comparisons between the colleges but simply to assist the reader in gaining an understanding of the types of library resources and services being offered at each college and within the consortium. Also included are the latest versions of the SCILS Consortium Bylaws and Membership Application.

If you have any questions regarding the material that follows please do not hesitate to contact the SCILS Librarian or any of the SCILS Board Members.

Consortium History
Membership and History

The South Carolina Information and Library Services Consortium (SCILS) is made up of ten member libraries: Central Carolina Technical College, Greenville Technical College, Horry-Georgetown Technical College, Northeastern Technical College, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College, Spartanburg Technical College, Technical College of the Low Country, Tri-County Technical College, Williamsburg Technical College, and York Technical College. A decade ago the original members of SCILS saw the need for collaboration to share expertise, expenses and information resources, and to offer better quality services to students, faculty, and their broader communities. The following has been accomplished during the last decade:

• Membership has grown from three to ten libraries
• All libraries have converted their records to electronic format
• A method of government has been developed Bylaws have been written and signed by College Presidents
• A system operator has been hired and trained
• A formal process to add new members has been developed
• A website for SCILS was developed
• Moved from DRA's Classic system to Sirsi's Unicorn system in January 2004
• Server and fiscal operations were moved from Greenville Technical College to Spartanburg Technical College in July 2004
• The system operator position has moved to a system librarian position

 Currently SCILS serves as a model of cooperation in South Carolina and anticipates serving in this capacity in the future.

SCILS Accomplishments During FY 2004-2005

Ø  Fiscal responsibility of the Consortium moved from Greenville Technical College to Spartanburg Technical College in July.

Ø  Moved Sun server from Greenville Technical College to Spartanburg Technical College in July.

Ø  Hired System Librarian to replace the retiring System Manager.

Ø  Colleges worked on cleanup project of the duplicates in the Sirsi database.

Ø  Upgraded to the newest Sirsi server release (2004.1.4) in May.

Ø  Revised the Consortium Bylaws and Membership Application.

Ø  Created a help desk for members to log their problems in November.

SCILS Items Added and Total Items July 2004-June 2005

*Total for all three campuses of Horry-Georgetown Technical College. Below is a breakdown of each campus.

Total SCILS Items =                             333, 211 (366,518 with eBooks)

Total SCILS Items Added FY 04-05 =    24,238 (26, 149 with eBooks)

SCILS Member Statistics July 2004-June 2005

*Estimated

NR** Not Recorded

SCILS Active Users* July 2004-June 2005

*Active Users are defined as users who accounts are not expired.

SCILS Fall 2004 Full Time Equivalent Count

SCILS Circulation July 2004-June 2005

*Not all of the colleges keep track of “In-house Use.”

SCILS Member Information