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Maine InfoNet Download Library

December 7, 2009

Membership Renewals and New Library Memberships Forms are now being accepted.

Please submit the following application, along with your payment as soon as possible.

2010 Membership Application and Renewal Form

Payment for renewing members is due February 15, 2010

Important Information for New Member Libraries

Overdrive will be charging a one-time fee of $300 for any library wishing to join at this time. This is in addition to the annual membership fee outlined below.

There will be two windows available for adding new members:

Libraries wishing to 'go-live' in February 2010 must submit the application form and payment no later than December 28, 2009.

Libraries wishing to 'go-live' in May 2010 must submit the application form and payment no later than February 15, 2010.

All library memberships (regardless of 'go live' date) will run until March 2011.

Please Contact James M Jackson Sanborn, Executive Director of Maine InfoNet with any questions.

james.jacksonsanborn@maine.edu

207-581-3083

Project History:

Maine InfoNet received a $40,000 grant in 2008 to offer libraries in the state the opportunity to provide their patrons access to downloadable audio books. The grant will pay for the configuration and support for three years and for one year of maintenance fees. Libraries that join this new project will be asked to pay an annual membership fee which will be used to purchase content and pay for licensing fees.

This project provides online access to downloadable audio books through OverDrive. Patrons are able to checkout downloadable digital content via the Internet utilizing state-of-the-art digital copyright protection technologies for free, 24/7, from a statewide collection of audio books.

Audio books can be burned to a CD (where permitted by publisher) and/or transferred to hundreds of supported audio devices such as MP3 Players, IPods (where permitted by publisher) or Zune players.

A three-year contract with OverDrive has been negotiated, since it has the largest selection of titles that are compatible with IPods and Macs that are available through a library lending model. 

Membership Fees for libraries will be based on population served, regardless of type of library.  Academic libraries will base the population on the head count of students, faculty and staff. 

Membership Fees based on population served
Population Libraries Serve
Cost
Under 1,000 $100.00
1,000-2,499 $200.00
2,500-4,999 $300.00
5,000-9,999 $500.00
10,000-24,999 $1,000
25,000+ $1,500

 

Twenty percent of the fee will be used to pay the $12,000 a year maintenance cost, 80% will go to purchase content that will be available statewide.