Annual Report

July 2005 – June 2006

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South Carolina Information and Library Services Consortium Annual Report

July 2005 – June 2006

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 in gaining an understanding of the types of library resources and services being offered at each college and within the consortium.

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 eleven member libraries: Central Carolina Technical College, Greenville Technical College, Horry-Georgetown Technical College, Northeastern Technical College, Orangeburg Technical College, Piedmont Technical College, Spartanburg Community 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 eleven 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 Community College in July 2004
• Piedmont Technical College is in the process of joining SCILS and migrating to Sirsi
• 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 2005-2006

Ø  Upgraded to the newest Sirsi server release (GL 3.0) in June

Ø  Trained in June to go to the JAVA Client release in the beginning of next fiscal year

Ø  Piedmont Technical College applied and was accepted unanimously for membership

Ø  Started migration process for Piedmont Technical College

Ø  Ordered a test server for the consortium

SCILS Items Added and Total Items July 2005-June 2006

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

Total SCILS Items =                            335,836 (376, 525 with eBooks)

Total SCILS Items Added FY 05-06 =    20,403  (27,274 with eBooks)

SCILS Member Statistics July 2005-June 2006

*Estimated

NR** Not Recorded

SCILS Fall 2005 Full Time Equivalent Count