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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello all-<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Since this is the time of year that the State Library would generally
send estimated cost tables for the 2009-2010 statewide database license I want
to touch base on the RFP process and let you know that we won’t be
sending the estimated cost tables this year. Our contract with EBSCO for our
general periodicals database expires at the end of August 2009 so over the past
year the Statewide Database Licensing Advisory Committee (SDLAC) has been
working with State Library staff and the state procurement office to develop an
RFP for a general periodicals database. The RFP was released on February 5th
and the proposals are due March 5<sup>th</sup>. After the procurement office
determines which vendors meet the mandatory requirements of the RFP, the SDLAC
will score the desirable features using each of the proposed databases and a
cadre of external reviewers will also test the proposed databases and provide
feedback to SDLAC. Then SDLAC will meet in April to review the scoring and
external evaluations and make a recommendation to the LSTA Advisory Council at
their May 15<sup>th</sup> meeting. The LSTA Advisory Council will make a
recommendation to the OSL Board. The OSL Board meets on June 19<sup>th</sup> so
we won’t have an official word until then.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We anticipate following a later timeline for statewide
database license application and billing which would send applications and cost
tables out after the June 19<sup>th</sup> OSL Board meeting, asking libraries
to have the applications back by the end of July, and invoicing libraries in early
August with a deadline for payment of September 15, 2009. The new contract with
the selected vendor would begin on September 1, 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>I also want you to know that at their meeting on February
20th, the State Library Board unanimously adopted a revision to the Oregon
Administrative Rules that will allow the Board, in the future, to collect funds
from larger public and academic libraries to partially support the L-net
e-reference service. In adopting the rule the Board decided to delay
implementing it until the 2010-11 fiscal year so libraries will not be billed
for L-net in the invoices they receive in August 2009. </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>MaryKay<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>MaryKay Dahlgreen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Program Manager, Library Development<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Oregon</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Library<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>250 Winter <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">St.</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">NE</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Salem</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, <st1:State w:st="on">OR</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">97301</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>503-378-5012<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>marykay.dahlgreen@state.or.us<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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