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Committee approves changes to central services budget proposal: $5,000 print‑collection pilot, tutor.com discontinued
Summary
Library staff presented a central services budget that creates a $5,000 pilot line for a shared print core collection, discontinues tutor.com due to low use, and keeps a three‑year SpringShare LibGuides subscription covering 46 consortium libraries.
Library staff on Sept. 3 reviewed the Central Library Services aid budget and presented a set of service changes designed to rebalance digital and print offerings across the 46‑library consortium.
Library Director Ben Gocker said the budget adds a $5,000 pilot line for a central print core collection to be held at Central and loaned across the consortium, reversing a prior heavy emphasis on purely digital collections. He told the committee the pilot will allow member libraries that lack funds to request titles through interlibrary loan workflows.
Gocker also said the library will drop tutor.com because usage was low. “We just weren't seeing engagement … We have in house live,…
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