A print run, plus 10 percent, would be ordered. As publications are ordered, the printing costs are charged against those allocations. This printing credit does not include the purchase of publications offered through the for-sale program. In previous years, the number of new publication projects developed by departments, and number of existing free publications that could be duplicated were limited by the availability of funding. The new system removes budget as the limiting factor for departments who create the information.
Specialists are free to create documents as needed for electronic access.
Counties and centers, on the other hand, were asked in previous years to make guesses about the number and titles of print publications they needed as long as 18 months in advance of delivery date. These guesses along with needs estimates of departments guided decisions about quantities of publications printed. The change has allowed counties and centers to purchase only what they need, with a much shorter turn-around time. Flexibility of delivery through EDIS over the Internet and CD-ROM has also allowed counties and centers to download documents and print small quantities of publications on site. Posters, exhibits, videotapes, slide sets, teleconferences, special scanning and other materials needed to create electronic files, and duplication are also included.