HLC Application

Application

A library may apply to become a member of Hawaii Library Consortium (“HLC”) by submitting a letter of request to the President of the Governing Board that articulates how they meet the membership attributes specified in section three of the HLC Bylaws.

• An applicant library is elected to membership in HLC by a majority vote of the Governing Board at any regularly scheduled meeting of that Board.

• New members may be added mid-year on a quarterly basis. Dues and subscription fees, determined by the Governing Board (Article 3, C), are payable upon admittance and will be pro-rated based upon the quarterly admission date.

Eligibility Requirements

Membership in HLC is available to any not-for-profit, educational, or government library located in the State of Hawaii. At the discretion of the Governing Board, a limited number of for-profit libraries and non-profit, non-educational libraries may be admitted for membership, so long as the number of for-profit libraries does not exceed the number of the not-for-profit, non-educational libraries in the total membership of HLC.

Core Resource Requirement

The core resource (currently provided by EBSCO Information Services) provides full-text, web-based periodical databases suitable for public, K-12 school, academic, government and special libraries to which all members must share in its cost as determined by the Governing Board, using a membership-approved cost-sharing formula.

Other, optional, resources are available through HLC — for a list, please refer to the Products page.