Full-text databases are preferable. Mabel, MaryKay, Patty are on the electronic collections committee. They can help forward the sentiments of the DL committee. The State has a pilot project that provides 30 simultaneous users access to the basic nine package of FirstSearch. Details of negotiating a contract for the SUS, Communinity colleges, and possibly the public libraries will be complex.
Authentication is an issue.
Access is an issue. Geraldine has drafted a report on course reserve services. Implement an electronic and print course reserve for DLers. Cost estimates are available for starting a system from scratch, but most institutions are somewhere along the road. Geraldine can send out her interim report.