Regional Collections ... Local Connections
The Capital District Library Council (CDLC) is a multitype library consortium which works with the libraries of the ten-county Capital District region of upstate New York to optimize success through collaboration. The Council's leadership in information management, staff development, and resource sharing enables member libraries to provide top quality services.
The Council received its provisional charter from the Board of Regents on June 26, 1966, and its absolute charter on September 24, 1971. Permanent statutory support was achieved on December 8, 1978.
The Council is governed by a 15 member Board of Trustees. The majority of the Trustees are representatives of the institutional members of the Council, including those representatives mandated by the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education.
CDLC is one of nine Reference and Research Resources Councils (3R's) in New York State. The service area comprises the counties of Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington. In all, the region includes over 500 Libraries served by the programs and services of CDLC; these include academic libraries; public library systems and public libraries; school library systems and school libraries; and special libraries.
Services provided by CDLC to its member libraries include Interlibrary Loan; Union List of Serials; CaDiLaC Online, a virtual online regional union catalog; Cooperative Cataloging; digitized library collections; Direct Access Program, allowing patrons to borrow from many local libraries; continuing education programs for the staff of member libraries; and the administration of state-funded regional automation, Coordinated Collection Development, Hospital Library Services and Documentary Heritage Programs.
We partner with members to strengthen library service through education, shared collections, and local connections.
