South Central Regional Library Council

What it reported doing in 2024

South central regional library council is a non-profit, multitype library consortiumworking to strengthen library services, programs, and resources. Continuing educationis one of its largest programs. This past year, 47 events were held. The workshops, webinars, conferences, interest groups, and training served 1,336 learners. Allevents were free except one in-person program that charged minimally for lunch. Seventy-six webinars were archived in youtube and viewed 3,641 times. The council offered career counseling to library workers and recent libraryschool graduates. Digitization is another major program. The council provided 15digitization grants to members to help build the New York heritage digitalcollections and nys historic newspapers. Both resources now represent all 14 scrlccounties. A total of 37,591 scrlc items in nyh garnered 907,938 pageviews. Nyshn has194 titles contributed by scrlc members--1,705,345 pages altogether. The hospitallibrary services program provided 9 regional hospitals with health/medicalinformation resources to support improved patient outcomes. Scrlc continued to fundhotspots for 10 telemedicine/digital equity kits at public libraries. Scrlc providedelectronic resources to regional libraries and funded a backup interlibrary loanservice, which handled 2,207 requests for members.scrlc's plan of service is located at http://www.scrlc.org under council documents.the organizational vision and guiding principles are as follows: vision: south central regional library council envisions a future where all people who live, work, and study in our communities have equitable and reliable access to informationand sustainable resources available anywhere, anytime, and are competent in all literacies. To achieve this vision, our member organizations include and welcome allpeople, and are valued and well-funded community partners, central to those theyservice. In this envisioned future, environmental sustainability is central to ourmission and practices.mission: south central regional library council empowers our members through advocacy, networking, resources, and professional development; and by supporting diversity, innovation, and collaboration to strengthen their ability to serve their communitiesand promote environmentally sustainable practices.values: advocacy that increases members' visibility and their role and importance in society.collaboration and networking that supports and advances the ability of scrlc membersto meet users' needs, and that engages all members in scrlc leadership, collaboration, programs, services, and beyond.diversity, inclusion, and justice, which recognizes that these are essential forequity for historically oppressed and marginalized groups of people, and that valuesanti-racist work and social movements that support equity for all.equity that provides access to inclusive information (from historical materials todigital content), services, and spaces for all of our communities and healthy anddiverse work environments that nourish the mind, body, and spirit for our members.innovation and future-forward thinking that provides effective programs and servicesand continually indentifies opportunities and uncertainties, imagining andco-creating out future in partnership with our members.learning that is responsive, relevant, engaging and transformational.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 86.4%; rating input score 86
• Program expense ratio: 84.9%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 21.4%; rating input score 21; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -1.8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 12.3%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings