New Online Catalog System
Coming to York County Libraries


All York County Libraries will be closed Monday, October 12 - Wednesday, October 14, to prepare for a new online catalog system. The online catalog will be unavailable for placing holds, renewing items, etc., beginning October 9.


On October 15, York County Libraries will resume normal operating hours with the new online catalog system, called SC Lends (South Carolina Library Evergreen Network Delivery System).


SC Lends offers access to more materials, with ten South Carolina libraries sharing a single catalog. Search for items at any of the participating libraries, and available circulating items can be delivered to your home library within a few days. This includes books, DVDs, and CDs.


Please be patient with library staff as we learn the new system.


Sign up for e-mail notification
If you have access to e-mail, we encourage you to make sure that we have your correct e-mail address, since automated telephone notification for items on hold or overdue will not be immediately available with the new system.


To update your record for email notification, stop by any York County Library location with your library card or a photo ID.


For those who do not use e-mail, notices will be mailed out via the U.S. Postal Service.


Please note that the York County Library does not share email addresses with third parties.


About SC Lends


Participating South Carolina Libraries

  • Anderson County Library
  • Beaufort County Library
  • Calhoun County Library
  • Chesterfield County Library
  • Dorchester County Library
  • Fairfield County Library
  • Florence County Library
  • The South Carolina State Library
  • Union County Carnegie Library
  • York County Library

Together, these libraries serve a population of almost 1 million people in 10 counties and circulate more than 2 million items.


The libraries will move to the new system in phases, with the final phase to be completed in December 2009. SC LENDS (South Carolina Library Evergreen Network Delivery System) will implement the Evergreen open-source integrated library system to manage transferring books between libraries. Evergreen was originally developed for the 270-member Georgia PINES library consortium. SC Lends will become the second-largest Evergreen consortium in North America.


By using open source, SC LENDS libraries estimate that they will save more than $200,000 a year in software licensing costs. But the real value of SC LENDS to South Carolina’s library users is access.


“We expect SC LENDS to enable us to better share South Carolina’s library and information resources,” said David S. Goble, Director of the South Carolina State Library and State Librarian. “Patrons will have greater access to more materials than ever before.”


Faith Line, Director of the Anderson County Library System and Chair of the SC LENDS Advisory Committee said, “Another advantage we’re seeing already is how much the libraries will gain just by talking to one another more. We’re comparing everything from cataloging standards to collection management to vendor services. Eventually, those discussions will translate into a wider range of services for our patrons and considerable savings for the libraries.”