SEKnFind Vision and Values Statement

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Approved 06/05/09

VISION

The people of southeast Kansas have rapid, direct and open access to an enriched and comprehensive shared collection of library resources.

Service: Administered by the Southeast Kansas Library System (SEKLS), SEKnFind is a patron-centered, high-quality, affordable and responsive regional catalog.
Patron Focus: Development of SEKnFind is based primarily on patron needs.
Access: SEKnFind members provide open access to at least 95% of their general, circulating collection. Access is available to all patrons of participating libraries.
Collaboration: SEKnFind is a shared system with a shared patron database and shared responsibility for maintaining and expanding the system in a professional manner. SEKnFind is a rapidly evolving, member-driven system based upon collaboration and open sharing of expertise by all participating libraries.
Support: SEKLS has made a long-term commitment to supporting SEKnFind as a primary system service. SEKLS staff have a primary role for ongoing training and support, with extensive contributions of time and knowledge by SEKnFind participants.
Flexibility: Patron service standards dictate that some SEKnFind procedures will require standardization across the system, with local control remaining a guiding tenet of SEKLS.

To share most materials, regardless of where the borrower is registered.
To fill holds each day the library is open.
To maintain confidentiality of patron registration and borrowing information.
To commit to making the database as clean as possible (no duplicate bibliographic records, standard cataloging practices, etc.)
To abide by SEKnFind policies and prescribed procedures.
To share information on SEKnFind problems, solutions and best practices.