The SLFs* operate using the policies, procedures, and practices detailed in these documents, which have been developed since the early 1980s, to reflect the evolving environment of the UC libraries. SLF collections participate in broader regional and national shared print strategies (WEST journal archives and HathiTrust shared print monographs, for example) and policies, procedures and practices are assessed as necessary to determine whether or not they need to changed.
*Please note: Previously, the SLFs were referred to as the “Regional” Library Facilities; this nomenclature change was implemented in March 2025, to reflect the UC Libraries and UCOP decision to begin managing these facilities at the systemwide level. Documents and reports produced before March 2025 retain the “Regional”/RLF naming convention, which is preserved on this page; the “Systemwide”/SLF nomenclature will be used for new and updated documents going forward.
For the SLFB’s reflections on the role of the SLFs in systemwide success, please see the 2023 visioning document, The Regional Library Facilities (RLFs): Essential to core UC shared services & emerging innovations [PDF].
SLFB/SLF Goals and Priorities
Starting in 2023, the board formalized long-range goals, mid-range goals and annual priorities to support SLF strategic management and planning, and ensure operational goals optimally advance the ambitions of UC faculty, students, research and clinicians, systemwide.
- Regional Library Facility (RLF) Long-Range Goals, Mid-Range Goals and Annual Priorities for FY2024/25 [PDF]
- Regional Library Facility (RLF) Long-Range Goals, Mid-Range Goals and Annual Priorities for FY2023/24 [PDF]
SLFB and SLF planning documents
- SLFB shared principles and agreements
- Timeline And Major Decision-Points For Addressing SRLF Reaching Storage Capacity
- SLFB Action Plan for Managing Deposits as a System
Additional SLFB and SLF documentation
- The UC shared print collections and role of the RLFs, SLFB, January 2023 [PDF]
- Uniform Fee Schedule for Non-UC Deposits, Effective January 2023 [PDF]
- Proposal for Shared Inventory Management System (IMS) across the RLFs, March 16, 2018 [PDF]
- Regional Library Facility Annual Allocation and Exceptional Deposit Process, December 15, 2017 [PDF]
- Non-duplication Policy for NRLF and SRLF Circulating Collections, June 16, 2010 [PDF]
- Criteria for Evaluating Requests for Non-UC Deposits to UC Shared Library Facilities. June 19, 2008 [PDF]
- Regional Library Facilities Statement of Operating Principles. November 27, 2006 [PDF]
- Procedures for Annual Management of Deposits to the UC Regional Library Facilities. November 8, 2006 [PDF]
- Persistent Deposits in UC Regional Library Facilities. May 6, 2004 (Revised February 20, 2006) [PDF]