70 New Branches 70 New Branches OvernightOvernight

Linda SturgeonLinda SturgeonHutch TibbettsHutch TibbettsLaurie Van CourtLaurie Van CourtDouglas County Libraries, Castle Douglas County Libraries, Castle Rock, CORock, CO

Or, Or, How a Public Library How a Public Library Shared Its Databases, Shared Its Databases,

Built Relationships and Built Relationships and Saved Taxpayers MoneySaved Taxpayers Money

A little historyA little history

The The PlayersPlayers• Douglas County Douglas County

LibrariesLibraries• Douglas County School Douglas County School DistrictDistrict

ComparisonComparisonss• 2008 election 2008 election

resultsresults

ResourcesResources

Database 2008 Uses

EBSCO Kids Search 306

CultureGrams 4,169

World Book Online 1,316

ABC-CLIO History & Government 1,106

EBSCO Middle Search Plus 192

Student Resource Center Gold 1,109

EBSCO MAS Ultra School Edition 262

Biography Resource Center 3,092

Literature Resource Center 1,859

Opposing Viewpoints 965

Science Resource Center 564

Total 2008 Logins: Selected Douglas County Libraries Databases

CulturesCulturesDegrees of Magnitude

CategoryCategory School DistrictSchool District Library DistrictLibrary District

No. Reg. Customers (2008)No. Reg. Customers (2008) 58,72358,723 173,660173,660

2009 Budget2009 Budget $451,390,619$451,390,619 $21,251,179$21,251,179

No. FTE Employees (2008)No. FTE Employees (2008) 5,1585,158 247247

No. of BranchesNo. of Branches 8484 77

Governing BoardGoverning Board 7 members, elected7 members, elected 5 members, appointed5 members, appointed

Organization chartsOrganization charts

Douglas County LibrariesDouglas County Libraries

Douglas County School Douglas County School DistrictDistrict

School cultureSchool culture

Site-based management

An approach to school management that shifts responsibility for the governance and control of schools from the central school district authorities into the hands of teachers, administrators, community members, and others at the level of the individual school…

Collins, John W. III, & O’Brien, Nancy Patricia (Eds.). 2003. The Greenwood Dictionary of Education. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

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Or, is it something that can be uniquely relevant to facilitation activity?

School Liaison ProgramSchool Liaison Program

CommunicationCommunication• Subject matter Subject matter expertsexperts• Technical issuesTechnical issues• Points of contactPoints of contact

ToolsTools• Mailing list for school Mailing list for school liaisonsliaisons• Social networking tool Social networking tool for school media for school media specialistsspecialists

Behind the scenesBehind the scenes

License agreementsLicense agreements

• Contract wordingContract wording• RenegotiationsRenegotiations

Gale relationshipGale relationship

Gale relationshipGale relationship

Original proposalOriginal proposal• Discounts off list priceDiscounts off list price• Ownership of BRC and Ownership of BRC and LRCLRC digital archives digital archives• New additions:New additions: Global Issues in Global Issues in ContextContext

Gale relationshipGale relationship

Second proposalSecond proposal• Substantial reduction in Substantial reduction in priceprice• 3-year term3-year term contingent on contingent on expected usageexpected usage

AIRS package through AIRS package through BCRBCR

• Discount for middle and Discount for middle and high schoolshigh schools• Elementary schoolsElementary schools Kids Info Bits Kids Info Bits

NegotiatingNegotiating

Be willing to sacrificeBe willing to sacrifice• Talking picture bookTalking picture book• Online encyclopediaOnline encyclopedia

Be open Be open to trying something newto trying something new

DCL/DCSD School DCL/DCSD School Collaboration CostsCollaboration Costs

ProductProduct DCL portionDCL portion School portionSchool portion DCSD Cost DCSD Cost 20082008

DCL Cost DCL Cost 20082008

DCSD List PriceDCSD List Price

AIRS Academic/Business/K-12 pkg.AIRS Academic/Business/K-12 pkg. $15,000$15,000 $6,077.40$6,077.40 $15,000$15,000

FactsOnFile (packaging the following)FactsOnFile (packaging the following) $16,915.20$16,915.20 $0.00$0.00 N/AN/A

American History OnlineAmerican History Online

Ancient History OnlineAncient History Online

Modern World History OnlineModern World History Online

Science OnlineScience Online

Gale Databases (packaging the following)Gale Databases (packaging the following) $12,177$12,177

Biography Resource Center**Biography Resource Center** N/AN/A $19,717$19,717

Global Issues in ContextGlobal Issues in Context N/AN/A N/AN/A $ 15,491$ 15,491

Literature Resource Center**Literature Resource Center** N/AN/A $45,019$45,019

Opposing ViewpointsOpposing Viewpoints $0.00$0.00 $6,868$6,868 $ 16,166$ 16,166

CultureGramsCultureGrams $3,590$3,590 $801$801 N/AN/A N/AN/A

Kids InfoBits (added by Gale late in contract)Kids InfoBits (added by Gale late in contract) $2,225$2,225 $0.00$0.00 N/AN/A $ 7,155$ 7,155

TumbleBooks LibraryTumbleBooks Library N/AN/A N/AN/A $ 7,020$ 7,020

World Book OnlineWorld Book Online $7,180$7,180 $8,975$8,975 $21,011$21,011

$27,970.40$27,970.40

Measuring successMeasuring success

Measuring successMeasuring success

• Database vendorsDatabase vendorsTraditionallyTraditionally

Measuring successMeasuring successIn-house trackingIn-house tracking

• Within networkWithin network• Outside the libraryOutside the library

Internal tracking toolsInternal tracking tools

DatabaseTime stamp

IP address Referring URL

Quantifying resultsQuantifying results

Eliminating obstaclesEliminating obstacles

Bundling resourcesBundling resourcesIP authenticationIP authentication

• ElementaryElementary• Middle schoolMiddle school

Technical supportTechnical support• Referring URLsReferring URLs

• High schoolHigh school

School resourcesSchool resources

Elementary school Elementary school resourcesresources

Middle school resourcesMiddle school resources

High school resourcesHigh school resources

MarketingMarketing

IconsIcons• Developed in-houseDeveloped in-house

MarketingMarketingSchool District websiteSchool District website

MarketingMarketingSchool websiteSchool website

What’s next?What’s next?

Any questions?Any questions?

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