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Statewide Database Licensing Program
Background and Program Description
Additional Information
Advisory Committee & Meeting Minutes
The 2004 Request for Proposal (RFP) Process
Current Statewide Databases
Background and Program Description
Background
The Oregon Statewide Database Licensing Program was created by the passage of SB12 into law in July 2003. The program under SB12 is a result of the Oregon Library Association's Vision 2010, and the work of the 2002 Senate Interim Task Force on Library Cooperation. The Statewide Database Licensing Program is a State Library program funded by the Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA), and supersedes the Oregon Statewide Database Licensing Group, the representative library steering group that negotiated and set policies for previous statewide database contracts (with University of Oregon as fiscal agent and Orbis as administrator).


Description
Under the Oregon Statewide Database Licensing Program, the legislature authorized up to $588,000 in Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds in the 03-05 biennium to subsidize the purchase of basic electronic resources for Oregon libraries. As of July 1, 2008, program includes*:
  •  A 50% subsidy for a full-text general periodicals database package for all public and academic libraries
  •  A 100% subsidy for small public libraries, where cost for the databases is $225 or less.
  •  Administrative support for the State Library for licensing and billing.

To be eligible, public and academic libraries must apply each year and must certify that they have endorsed and abide by the Oregon Library Association (OLA) ILL Code (PDF), continuing an eligibility requirement for the Oregon LINK ILL Net Lender program.
 
*Through July 31, 2008, the Oregon State Library was able to fully subsidize the cost of The Oregonian through NewsBank. In May 2008, NewsBank proposed to raise the cost of the state license for the Oregonian database from $54,000 to $150,000 for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. In making their recommendation to the Board the Statewide Database Licensing Committee was very concerned about agreeing to such a large increase in the cost of this product, particularly in light of the modest use the database gets in most Oregon libraries. The SDLAC discussed the possibility of trying again, in a year or so, to get a more reasonably priced statewide license to the Oregonian database.

Additional Information

Advisory Committee & Meeting Minutes
Committee Members

Linda Weight
Siuslaw Public Library District
Phone: 541-997-3132
Email: weight@siuslaw.lib.or.us
Position #1: Public Library Serving less than 25,000 [Term ends 6/30/2008]
      Dolores Judkins
Oregon Health & Science Univeristy
Phone: 503-494-3478
Email: judkinsd@ohsu.edu
Position #2 - Academic Library from Oregon University System [Term ends 6/30/2011]
 
 
Mary McClintock
Roseburg High School
Phone: 541-440-4150
Email: marymc@teleport.com
Position #3: School Library drawn from OASL Membership [Term ends 6/30/2008]
Mary Finnegan, Chair
Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
Phone: 541-766-6993
Email: mary.finnegan@ci.corvallis.or.us
Position #4: Public Library Serving 25,000 to 100,000 [Term ends 6/30/2009]
Tony Greiner
Portland Community College
Phone: 503-978-5333
Email: anthony.greiner@pcc.edu
Position #5: Academic Library from an Oregon Community College [Term ends 6/30/2009]
Vacant
Position #6: School Library drawn from OASL Membership [Term ends 6/30/2009]
Wylie Ackerman
Deschutes Public Library System
Phone: 541-312-1042
Email: wyliea@dpls.lib.or.us
Position #7: Public Library Serving over 100,000 [Term ends 6/30/2010]
Victoria Ertelt
Mount Angel Abbey Library
Phone: 503-845-3101
Email: victoria.ertelt@email.mtangel.edu
Position #8: Academic Library from a Private Academic Institution [Term ends 6/30/2010]
Karen Clay
SAGE, Eastern Oregon University
Phone:
Email: kclay@eou.edu
Position #9: Resource Sharing Network [Term ends 6/30/2010]
Julie Quaid
Warm Springs Tribes
Phone: 541-553-3438
Email: jquaid@wstribes.org
Position #10: Tribal Library Representative  [Term ends 6/30/2009]
Committee Members - Non-voting
Sara Charlton
LSTA Council Representative
Tillamook County Library
210 Ivy Ave
Tillamook, OR 97141
 
Jennifer Arns
Oregon Education Technology Consortium
Phone (Portland): 503-625-0501
Outside Portland: 800-650-8250
Email: jena@oetc.org
OETC Representative
Greg Doyle
Orbis Cascade Alliance
Phone: 541-868-4866
Email: gdoyle@uoregon.edu
Orbis Cascade Alliance Representative
 
Oregon State Library Staff (Non-Voting)
Jim Scheppke
State Librarian

Phone: 503-378-4367
Email: jim.b.scheppke@state.or.us
MaryKay Dahlgreen
Program Manager
Library Development Services
Phone: 503-378-5012
Email: marykay.dahlgreen@state.or.us
Darci Hanning
Technology Development Consultant
Library Development Services
Phone: 503-378-2527
Email: darci.hanning@state.or.us

Meeting Minutes
 
 

The 2004 Request for Proposal (RFP) Process
 

Current Statewide Databases
 
Questions? Please contact Darci Hanning (503-378-2527) or Mary Mayberry (503-378-2525).

 

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