[OPLINLIST] News regarding Mango and NewsBank subscriptions

[Susan Corl]

FYI

Thanks,
Susan

Susan F. Corl
Head of Reference and Adult Collection Services
Holmes County District Public Library
3102 Glen Dr.
Millersburg, OH  44654
330-674-5972 ext. 227

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.  Mortimer J. Adler

*This message and any response to it may constitute a public record and
thus may be publicly available to anyone who requests it.*


On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Stephen Hedges <hedgesst at oplin.org> wrote:

> As previously announced (see below), the statewide subscriptions to
> NewsBank and Mango Languages are set to expire on June 30 and will not be
> renewed. Because this could create a financial hardship for public
> libraries that budget for a calendar year and may not have funds currently
> available to replace these two resources locally, the OPLIN Board on Friday
> approved the use of some E-rate funds to extend both these contracts for a
> few months, contingent on contract approval by the state Controlling Board.
>
> Mango Languages will be available to public libraries (not schools or
> colleges) for another six months, until the end of December 2013, to give
> libraries a chance to arrange a replacement and budget for that expense.
> Mango strongly values the relationship it has formed with OPLIN and would
> like to work with each library individually to ensure that Mango can
> continue to be a valued part of their collection. By renewing with Mango by
> August 1st, libraries can lock in a 2013 rate for the 2014 calendar year.
> Plus, libraries will get access to Mango’s newest product that teaches by
> using full-length feature films, Mango Premiere, when it debuts later this
> year. Contact David Degrandchamp to get started:
> david.degrandchamp at mangolanguage.com, 248.254.7450 x816.
>
> NewsBank will be available to public libraries (not schools or colleges)
> for another four months, until the end of October 2013. NewsBank is
> prepared to take orders at any time, between now and the end of October for
> ongoing subscriptions that can be paid in the new fiscal year in January,
> so libraries do not need to lose any access to the content, even if needing
> to fund the new subscription from the 2014 fiscal year. For more
> information contact John Northcutt, jnorthcutt at newsbank.com, or Dede
> Montenegro, dmontenegro at newsbank.com, or 800-762-8182.
>
> If for some unforeseen reason the state Controlling Board does not approve
> these contracts, the subscriptions will end at the end of July 2013 (we can
> extend for one month without Controlling Board approval); however, we have
> no reason to expect that these contracts will not be approved.
>
> --
> Stephen Hedges, Director
> Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
> 2323 W. Fifth Ave., Suite 130, Columbus, OH 43204
> 614-728-5250  ::  hedgesst at oplin.org
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stephen Hedges" <hedgesst at oplin.org>
> > To: oplinupdates at lists.oplin.org
> > Cc: oplinlist at lists.oplin.org
> > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 2:29:20 PM
> > Subject: Changes to statewide databases for the next five years
> >
> > INTERNAL USE FOR OPLIN/OhioLINK/INFOhio PARTICIPANTS ONLY:
> >
> > Last Friday, the State Library of Ohio awarded a $1.6 million federal
> > Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) LSTA grant to Libraries
> > Connect Ohio (LCO) to support the purchase of statewide databases in the
> > Ohio Web Library collection.
> >
> > LCO (OhioLINK, INFOhio, OPLIN, and the State Library) negotiates
> five-year
> > contracts with statewide database vendors, and the current set of
> contracts
> > will expire at the end of this June. To select the statewide databases
> for
> > the next five years, starting 1 July 2013, OPLIN, INFOhio, and OhioLINK
> each
> > appointed five members to a joint database advisory committee, joined by
> one
> > person appointed by the State Library. Beginning last August, the
> committee
> > reviewed the fundamental reasons for purchasing statewide databases and
> then
> > assisted with the writing of an Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) that was
> > posted on 20 December 2012. Thirty-five information vendors submitted
> > proposals for over 120 products by the February 15 deadline. The
> committee
> > then met in person on 11 March 2013 to discuss all the proposals and
> select
> > vendors and products for further negotiation.
> >
> > Because the state budgets of the LCO partners are still under discussion
> in
> > the legislature, we are still technically in active negotiations and
> cannot
> > sign contracts. It is important that we stress at this time that this is
> an
> > internal communication that is only provided to help you with initial
> > planning. It is important to remember that final decisions will not be
> > announced until all legal requirements of the ITN are met. This is
> > especially critical for you to remember in response to any direct
> > communication from current or potential vendors.
> >
> > Six resources are recommended for continuation in the collection:
> > 1. EBSCO core databases, central to the Ohio Web Library collection,
> > including Biography Reference Bank;
> > 2. LearningExpress Library, and
> > 3. Job and Career Accelerator, with some resources that were previously
> in
> > LEL (primarily the computer tutorials) now moved into JCA;
> > 4. World Book, including the Early World of Learning and now the new
> Academic
> > World Book;
> > 5. Ancestry Library Edition; and
> > 6. Science Online (from Infobase).
> >
> > Five resources are recommended for addition to the collection:
> > 1. Literary Reference Center (from EBSCO) fills a need first identified
> by
> > the 2008 LCO review committee and re-affirmed by the 2013 committee.
> > 2. Workforce Skills for 21st Century Success (from LearningExpress)
> provides
> > resources to boost basic workplace and job search skills.
> > 3. Consumer Health Complete (from EBSCO) provides a comprehensive
> resource
> > for consumer-oriented health content.
> > 4. Points of View Reference Center (from EBSCO) helps users evaluate
> > controversial topics.
> > 5. Science Reference Center (from EBSCO) complements the existing Science
> > Online database.
> >
> > Finally, four resources are recommended for deletion from the collection
> on
> > June 30:
> > 1. The ART Collection was considered to be unnecessary because museums
> are
> > increasingly making images of their holdings freely available on the
> > Internet.
> > 2. Oxford Reference Online was recommended for deletion because the need
> for
> > and usage of this collection of online reference books has declined in
> > recent years.
> > 3. Mango Languages foreign language learning resource was judged to be
> > valuable, but is simply beyond our budget.
> > 4. NewsBank full-text current and archival content from Ohio's largest
> > newspapers was judged to be valuable, but beyond our budget. NewsBank
> also
> > seems to be seldom used outside libraries, and within libraries the
> amount
> > of usage varies widely depending on library type and location.
> >
> > Libraries that currently have paid for subscriptions to the resources we
> plan
> > to add to the collection will be able to arrange reimbursement by
> contacting
> > the vendor after the statewide negotiations are complete and contracts
> have
> > been signed, which may be as late as the end of June.
> >
> > In closing, Libraries Connect Ohio would like to acknowledge the work of
> the
> > advisory committee that reviewed all the proposed products and
> recommended
> > desired databases. Their work was difficult because a reduction in
> available
> > LSTA funds meant that the current collection of databases had to be
> trimmed,
> > but they carefully considered all options and came to agreement on some
> hard
> > decisions. These are the members that served on the committee:
> >
> > State Library: Nicole Merriman
> >
> > INFOhio: Kathy Fredrick, Shaker Heights City School District; Catherine
> > Leininger, Upper Valley Career Center; Linda Jacobs Swarlis, Columbus
> School
> > for Girls; Jim Vincent, Stark Portage Area Computer Consortium; and Ellen
> > Williams, Paulding Exempted Village Schools
> >
> > OPLIN: Tamar Kreke, Greene County Public Library; Kristen Pool, Kent Free
> > Library; Jeff Regensburger, Worthington Libraries; Sandi Thompson,
> Puskarich
> > Public Library; and David Topoleski, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
> >
> > OhioLINK: Kelly Broughton, Ohio University Libraries; Ed Krakora, Ashland
> > University Library; Kim Leggett, Columbus State Community College
> Library;
> > Elizabeth (Eli) Sullivan, Miami University Libraries; and Karen Wilhoit,
> > Wright State University Libraries
> >
> > Thank you all!
> >
> > --
> > Stephen Hedges, Director
> > Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
> > 2323 W. Fifth Ave., Suite 130, Columbus, OH 43204
> > 614-728-5250  ::  hedgesst at oplin.org
> >
> _______________________________________________
> OPLINLIST mailing list -- OPLINLIST at lists.oplin.org
> http://lists.oplin.org/mailman/listinfo/oplinlist
>
> http://aboutbooks.info -- Search for author, title, subject... anything
> about books.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.oplin.org/pipermail/oplinlist/attachments/20130617/595d73bc/attachment-0001.html>