Funding for grants and services of SCKLS comes from a tax on all property outside of established public library districts in the following counties:

Overview

The SCKLS Grant-in-Aid program, which is budgeted at $1,635,259 for 2026, partially compensates public library members of SCKLS for services they provide to registered library users who are not residents of their public library tax district. In the case of academic library members of SCKLS, the Grant-in-Aid program compensates your library for registered library users who are not enrolled as students or who are not employees of your institution.

As a condition for SCKLS membership, participating libraries agree to “permit any citizen of the territory comprising the system to borrow materials or receive services without charge, subject to reasonable library rules” (K.A.R. 54-1-8). The SCKLS grants-in-aid program facilitated access for 101, 114 library users and the interlibrary loan of 40,513 items in 2024.

Grant Information & Forms

• Grant-in-Aid Program
• Grants-in-Aid Form
• Grants-in-aid Service Contract Sample

Questions? Contact Us

Paul Hawkins, Director or Julie Rogers, Human Resources and Accounting Specialist