What is SELS?
SELS is one of seven multicounty, multitype library systems in Minnesota. Public, school, academic and special libraries make up the membership of SELS.
SELS Services
Consulting - SELS offers consulting services to help member school, academic and special libraries on a variety of topics.
Access to Mackin-VIA - ebook collection for participating school media centers
Facilitation of networking opportunities between types of libraries
There are several services offered as a collaboration between SELCO & SELS. SELCO provides the staff time and SELS provides the funding.
Continuing Education & Training- For libraries needing to keep up to date on technology, advocacy, reader’s advisory, or any other topic in the library world, SELCO provides both classes and workshops.
Special Collections- SELCO hosts a professional collection of books on topics in librarianship. We also loan 2 CoverOne book repair kits, a button maker, and some oversized yard games.
SELS provides scholarships for continuing education opportunities for library staff
**There are a handful of services that SELS members that are not public libraries may contract with SELCO to take part in:
Administration of Horizon, the Integrated Library System- a database that allows members to track items owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed materials.**
Facilitation of Interlibrary Loan- policies and procedures that govern the sharing of materials between Horizon Libraries.**
Access to statewide interlibrary loan via MINITEX. Policies and procedures for statewide materials are maintained from the owning library in the state.
Administration of Enterprise, the Online Discovery Catalog- the patron facing discovery system or catalog that patrons can find, request, renew items, and monitor their accounts independently.
Delivery- SELS pays for two days of delivery for Horizon School Libraries.