[PL-Directors] Explore OCLC Cost Savings with BCR

[Jim Scheppke]

Dear Public Library Director:
As you may know, the State Library spends $5,000 a year in LSTA funds 
to allow Oregon libraries to participate in programs and services from 
BCR, Inc., a 12 state library cooperative headquartered in Colorado.

Earlier this year I alerted you to a price reduction on OCLC services 
that BCR instituted on January 1st.  The price reduction was intended 
to make BCR's overall OCLC pricing lower than any competing network or 
service center in the West.

If you haven't explored BCR's lower prices for OCLC services, I wanted 
to call your attention to a new feature on BCR's website that enables 
you to easily get an estimate of your potential savings:

http://www.bcr.org/publications/afl/2003/november/oclccosts.html

I hope you will use this new feature and talk to the staff at BCR to 
get more information about savings opportunities. --> Jim




Jim Scheppke, State Librarian
Oregon State Library
250 Winter St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
503-378-4367
(fax) 503-585-8059
jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us
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