We met the minimum threshold for waiving the administrative fee and did receive a volume discount based on ten libraries being charged at full price. Allocations were made on the basis of individual participants' responses to the second round offer and the financial level at which they were able to join. New Groves Dictionary of Music - received an offer from the vendor at the request of two members. The initial offer did not offer much of a consortial discount compared to the individual subscription fees. Second offer in the works.
Music librarians appear to be working on their own deal.
Need to coordinate with them. Each member of the taskforce has taken responsibility for one or two core values and has developed vision statements, goals and objectives for each. Some text and concepts also taken from this year's goals as written in the HECA grant proposal. Storage Survey - Allen Lanham drafted a letter to serve as a cover letter for the survey created by the Central Storage Taskforce. His office did a mass mailing to all academic libraries in Illinois in February.