They are working on two-hour circulation for consortial access. The University of Texas has had this for several months. They are seeing five to six uses per title per month even though the books aren't cataloged. We need access for places where book budgets are declining and for distance education. We have asked netLibrary to consider adding the OVID books to their collection.
Most books are scholarly and university press publications.
For FY2001 there is no money for new resources. We have loaded it ourselves with a five-year contract of which two are left. We have some FirstSearch credit and a refund from Encyclopedia Britannica . We want to use that money for more pooled FirstSearch searches for next year because we can get them for sixty cents per search instead of the increased price of sixty-four cents. History and Life is a top priority for new titles.