Consortial Discounts
services & subscriptions
Overdrive for Academic Libraries
RDA Toolkit
Working through Overdrive and ESLN, academic libraries can now participate in a consortial, shared collection of e-books geared to informal reading and browsing.
Annual fees are for academic libraries are:
- Less than 2000 FTE: $1,600
- 2001-4000 FTE: $2,400
- 4001-7000 FTE: $3,600
- 7001-11,000 FTE: $5,600
- 11,001-16,000 FTE: $6,800
- More than 16,000 FTE: Not available
Fees are allocated 75% for content and 25% for the use of the Overdrive platform, which includes Kindle downloads.
This means that a library that pays $2,400 would have a $1,800 credit toward e-books for the shared collection, plus use of the Overdrive e-book platform and apps.
Any academic member of an ESLN library council already is eligible to join the consortial Overdrive account and inherit access to the current collection. All the materials on this site would available to all participating libraries, and all future acquisitions would be available to all participating libraries. All participating libraries will be encouraged to cooperate in building the collection, and shared collection development will be facilitated.
The current collection can be seen at https://nnyoverdrive.
For more information, interested libraries should contact their local library council liaison by August of each year.
ESLN is pleased to announce another opportunity to leverage group licensing toward discounted services for libraries throughout New York. For libraries implementing or planning to implement RDA, the RDA toolkit is an essential resource for navigating from AACR2 to RDA. ESLN is coordinating statewide purchases of the RDA Toolkit on behalf of our libraries.
RDA: Resource Description and Access is the new standard for resource description and access designed for the digital world. Built on the foundations established by AACR2, RDA provides a comprehensive set of guidelines and instructions on resource description and access covering all types of content and media. The content of RDA has been developed in a collaborative process led by the Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA.
RDA Toolkit is an integrated, browser-based, online product that allows users to interact with a collection of cataloging-related documents and resources including RDA: Resource Description and Access. RDA Toolkit is published by the RDA Co-Publishers.
The webinar RDA Toolkit Essentials serves as an introduction and guide to using the RDA Toolkit. It reviews subscription options, logging in, navigating, creating Workflows, and setting bookmarks. It covers the variety of content available and offer tips for getting more from your account. It attempts to answer your questions. RDA Toolkit has recorded all webinars and kept them in a training archive. With RDA Toolkit Essentials, attendees will receive a tour of the latest and greatest version of RDA Toolkit and will be assured that their questions or comments will be addressed. So through this link, check out the 9 archived webinars. There is no charge. On this page, you will also find another useful tool, “Video Help,” under “Teach & Training” in the left column. http://www.rdatoolkit.org/essentials