They do not include the cost of authority record generation, which LAIP pays for. The policy mandates cluster subscription to two services available on contract from Blackwell North America. Costs will vary depending on the individual campuses. Campuses which are already DEC sites and whose staff are experienced with VMS will probably incur no additional training costs. LAIP pays for the cost of the training.
Campuses bear the expense of staff time and travel.
After the base set is purchased, additional copies may be downloaded from the SLSC VAX in WordPerfect format. Most campuses have machine-readable databases of employee and student information which can be extracted and provided for the library system.