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.