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Library
Information Services |
Spring Branch Independent School District |
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Online Subscription Database Options for School Librarians in Texas |
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Prior to June of 2003 |
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| TLC which included 16 Gale databases and Britannica | $0 |
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After June 2003 |
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| Digital Knowledge Central (DKC) which includes EBSCO, NewsBank, and Britannica | $1.29 per student (minimum fee of $400 per campus and a maximum fee of $3,000 per campus) |
| Gale (16 TLC databases) | Harris County pricing
$1,595 per high school |
| ProQuest/eLibrary includes eLibrary, eLibrary Elementary and ProQuest Professional Education | $.81 per student |
| TLC Union Catalog Options | |
| 1st offer = TEA contract with DIR (Department of Information Resources - ensure the effective and efficient use of public funds by promoting opportunity and economic prosperity for the state's citizens through the successful application of statewide services and technologies that are beneficial, secure, accessible and utilize a standard infrastructure) | fee to district for access to the static TLC Union Catalog |
| Sagebrush to host the static TLC Union Catalog for one year then negotiate how to get Catalog updated. Sagebrush would add their 700,000 MARC records and add the 60,000 they create each year. The Union Catalog as originally delivered would still be owned by Texas | FREE |
| FREE | |
