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Regents Libraries Database Consortium (RLDC)
- 26 Regents 4 yr and 2 yr institutions as members and affiliates. Partnerships with Nebraska academic and Kansas private academic libraries
- WSU Libraries subscribes to 17 out of 22 possible purchases for a total cost of about $140,000
- Includes Cinahl, Ei Compendex, Grove Art & Music, Newsbank, PsycInfo, and Stat-USA among other databases
- Note: The RLDC was disbanded in July 2010 although the consortium purchases remain in effect as the Deans and Directors of the Regents institutions work on creating a new statewide consortium.
Kansas Statewide Purchase
- Kansas State Library, Kan-ed, Johnson Public Libary, Topeka-Shawnee Co Public Library, 4 yr & 2yr Regents institutions
- In FY10, WSU Libraries contributed $22,125 to the statewide total purchases of $1.5 million. As of FY11, most Regents institutions withdrew from the general statewide purchase. However, at the beginning of FY11, the 4 yr Regents and private academic libraries began participating in a statewide purchase of OCLC's Worldcat .
- Includes Gale Academic One-File, Business Resource Center, Literature Resource Center, and OCLC WorldCat
Amigos Library Services
- Over 700 academic and public libraries in five member status. WSU is the only member library from Kansas
- WSU Libraries subscribes to eight e-resources for just over $44,0000.
- Includes: Applied Science & Technology Full-Text, Art Full-Text, Art Index Retrospective, Biography Reference Bank, Book Review Digest, Electronic Collections Online, Library Literature, RIM, Worldcat Collection Analysis
Minitex
- Over 2,000 libraries including 158 academic libraries based in the north Midwest
- WSU Libraries subscribes to three e-resources for a total cost of $103,000/
- Includes: ACM Digital Library, Project Muse, and SAGE Premier.
- WSU is not a member of Minitex, but can participate in purchases as a non-member.
Lyrasis
- Hundreds of academic and public libraries in 11 member states including Kansas
- WSU Libraries subscribes to eight e-resources for a total cost of nearly $45,000.
- Includes CQ Global Researcher, CQ Researcher, Encyclopedia Britannica Online, three LexisNexis databases, Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Reference Online
- Note: In spring 2010, Lyrasis absorbed members of former utility, BCR, which ceased operations as of the end of the year.