[Scla-list] Four More Libraries Go Live with SC LENDS

[Curtis Rogers]

Four More Libraries Go Live with SC LENDS

 


 


 Columbia, S.C. - Calhoun, Chesterfield, Dorchester and York County
Public Libraries have gone live on the new SC LENDS online catalog
system. SC LENDS is the South Carolina Library Evergreen Network
Delivery System and is a growing network of libraries in South Carolina
sharing resources. Now, SC LENDS provides access to almost 1.3 million
items to more than 315,000 registered borrowers around the state.

 

Membership in SC LENDS maximizes a library's investment by providing a
shared online catalog among member libraries. Membership is open to any
public entity operating in South Carolina that provides library services
and offers a collection for loan beyond its district of service
according to the policies and procedures established by the SC LENDS
Consortium. 

 

The South Carolina State Library, along with Union and Beaufort County
Libraries, moved to the SC LENDS system on May 28, 2009.  According to
Laura Sponhour, statewide SC LENDS Project Manager, "The system provides
cardholders from member libraries access to library resources from all
SC LENDS libraries.  People who use the SC LENDS online catalog can see
what member libraries have in their collections and request items to be
delivered to their home libraries."  She continued to say that, "SC
LENDS opens up a world of possibilities for citizens in the state by
providing them greater access to books and information than ever
before."

 

Three additional library systems-Anderson, Fairfield, and Florence-are
scheduled to go live in December. Once all 10 pilot libraries are using
the catalog, SC LENDS will provide access to more than 2 million items
to more than 400,000 registered borrowers. 

 

For more information about SC LENDS, visit 
http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/sc-lends-catalog
<http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/sc-lends-catalog>  or contact Laura
Sponhour at 803-734-8663 or lsponhour at statelibrary.sc.gov
<mailto:lsponhour at statelibrary.sc.gov> .  

 


 


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