IEC Online Product Discounts for 2004-05

The Iowa Educator’s Consortium (IEC) has again negotiated state pricing on a variety of online resources.  The purchasing deadline is April 16.   Representatives from the State Library and the Library Service Areas are members of the IEC and are active in serving libraries of all types. These negotiations make it possible for you to provide your customers/students with a wealth of information at a very reasonable cost. All products offer home access and all databases may be accessed via the Internet.  SIRS products also offer a stand-alone CD-ROM.

Vendors were made aware that Iowa contains a large percentage of small schools and libraries. Some vendors responded to this appeal with special pricing rates for the smaller institutions. Your support for this pricing by product purchase will only provide strong selling points to encourage other vendors to follow suite in future years.

There are new products this year as well as products offered in the past. New this year are Contemporary Authors, LearnATest and NoodleTools. This year CQ Researcher Online will also include renewals at the discounted price. There are several new library oriented products from EBSCO – MagillOnLiteraturePlus, BookSource: Nonfiction and Auto Repair Reference Center. Specifically for library staff are discounted prices on MarcMagician and Movie Licensing USA.

Libraries will find product information and commitment forms with pricing on the IEC web page. Visit the IEC web site at  www.iec-ia.org > Media & Technology > Online Resources > Online Resource Offerings for 2004-2005 for complete information.

For the userid and password, contact Judy Jones.

After typing in the userid and password, the next screen will be “Online Resource Trials – State Library of Iowa.” Click on the links listed by each product for the actual trial, or click on the product url link for more information. At the top of this screen page, you can print off a pdf "Summary Sheet" that lists all product offerings and prices.  It includes a description of each product and a trial user ID/password for each product.

If you wish to purchase any of these products, please download, complete and return the Commitment Form by April 16, 2004 to the State Library of Iowa, regardless of when you wish to be billed. Please make a copy of the completed form for your records. You may mail or fax the form to the State Library. (State Library, E. 12th and Grand, Des Moines, IA 50319) (Fax:  (515) 281-6191)   Libraries that do not use purchase orders can request the product on the commitment form. If vendors need additional information, they will contact you.  If you have any questions, please contact Judy Jones or the specific vendor contact.