SCELC has long sought to join forces with other consortia to achieve mutual goals and increase negotiating leverage. These efforts have included:
- Participation in ICOLC meetings and leadership on the ICOLC Coordinating Committee
- Open Access collaborations are currently being explored with the California State University system, and the California Digital Library/University of California system
- SCELC’s has been part of shared print collaboration via the PAN (Print Archiving Network) meetings at ALA and now as a founding member of the Partnership for Shared Book Collections
- To advance SCELC recognition in the library community, the Executive Director has presented at numerous conferences, such as ALA, ACRL, the Charleston Conference, IFLA, and more