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District staff reports on $50,000 virtual reference collection and usage by school
Summary
District libraries participate in a roughly $50,000 virtual reference collection purchased through Eastern Suffolk BOCES; staff presented utilization by school and discussed BOCES aidable rate and potential overlaps with local public library resources.
District staff described the district’s virtual reference collection (VRC), a consortium of about 60 subscription databases purchased through Eastern Suffolk BOCES that the district purchases as a single package for roughly $50,000 per year.
Deirdre, the staff member who oversees the district’s libraries, told the Budget Advisory Committee that individual databases in the VRC often cost between roughly $6,000 and $12,000 apiece if bought separately, and that buying through BOCES reduces the overall cost. Because the purchase is through Eastern Suffolk BOCES, Deirdre said the cost is…
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