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Mission Statement

Mission

SCELC empowers librarians working in private nonprofit academic and research libraries to
collaborate on access to and the effective use of library resources and services.

Vision

We envision a participatory community of librarians working together to lead innovation in
national and international policy and practice for access to electronic and physical information
resources.

Values

Access – providing efficient and cost-effective access to information resources on
the part of libraries and offering networking opportunities and professional development to
member librarians

Collaboration – actively involving members in the work of the organization and other consortia
by sharing expertise and best practices

Innovation – seeking new approaches to solving problems faced by member libraries and
SCELC as an organization

Integrity – being a trusted partner to provide quality service to libraries

Partnership - working with vendors as partners in achieving a fair value and a fair return

Responsiveness - serving all of our members by targeting specific resources to communities of interest

Transparency – open decision making processes, shared through the Board and through the
SCELC website

Diversity and inclusion -- Equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values of the
consortium and are reflected in both the internal operations of SCELC as an organization and in
the resources and services provided to all libraries we serve.