AH, FALL!

Ah, October – the signs and scents of Fall, Halloween decorations, and the arrival of the FY2024-25 CCL membership invoices.

What does your college get from that $150 CCL membership payment?  (Which, by the way, hasn’t changed for many years!) 

Here are some but not all of the benefits:
•    Workshops and the annual meeting
•    The Outlook
•    The work of CCL-EAR, the Library Consortium purchasing arrangement, and the free CountryWatch database
•    The listservs
•    The management by CCL of the LSP Program, and the ongoing operation of the governance & organizational structure
•    The seats which CCL has at the Chancellor’s Office – Library Advisory Committee, Telecommunications and Technology Committee, Distance Education and Ed Tech Committee – and sustained visibility at the system level
•    The liaison position with the ASCCC Executive Committee
•    General work and effort to make the world safe for the CCC libraries!

CCL is again paying the 2025 ELUNA membership for every library.  ELUNA helps direct the ongoing improvements and upgrades to Alma and Primo.  And the 110 CCC libraries – with about 20% of the total vote – has a big impact on ELUNA!

Regards --  Gregg Atkins, Executive Director, CCL