Below is a summary of how consortial funds were expended from March 2023 – February 2024. These funds come primarily from annual membership fees (content credit).
Category | YTD Expended | YTD % Expended |
Totals | $227,262.64 | 100.00% |
NFS Replacements | $3,312.17 | 1% |
Expired Titles with Holds | $61,480.26 | 27% |
Concurrent Use | $31,163.17 | 14% |
Notify Me Tags | $24,991.48 | 11% |
Magazines | $89,283.55 | 39% |
Uncategorized | $17,032.01 | 7% |
NFS Replacements: Not-for-sale titles that have holds. If an equivalent title is available, a copy is purchased, and holds are transferred.
Expired Titles with Holds: If the last copy of a title expires with holds still unfilled, an additional copy is purchased. Members are encouraged to purchase these for their patrons as often as possible.
Concurrent Use: For high-demand titles with large holds queues, concurrent use licenses are purchased, when available, to help quickly and cost-effectively drive down the holds queue.
Notify Me Tags: When interest in unowned titles meets a certain threshold, a copy is purchased.
Magazines: Overdrive Magazines subscription.
Uncategorized: Covers expenditures for March and April 2023, before a way to track expenditures was in place (which is a manual process). Spending during this time consisted of the same categories discussed above.
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