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RAND California Fee Schedule—California School and Public Libraries

User Group Annual fee ($/pop) Minimum ($) Example Example population Example cost ($)
           
UC library 0.198 270 UC Davis 24,000 4,752
CSU library 0.145 270 CSU Chico 11,000 1,595
Community college library 0.121 270 Sacramento City 13,500 1,634
Private college library 0.20 270 Claremont-McKenna 5,700 1,140
College sub-total          
           
City library 0.005 135 Santa Monica 94,200 471
County library 0.0061 135 San Diego 456,500 2,785
Public sub-total          
           
K-12 library 0.05 135 Burbank Unified 14,887 744
           
County law library 0.0013 270 Alameda 1,408,100 1,831
Government (state, federal) library 0.165 270 NASA Ames 4,500 743
Nonprofit 0.165 270 JPL Pasadena 5,500 908
Resident 0.165 270 CCC Susanville 2,340 386
           
For profit 0.331 270 Copley Press 2,000 662
University law 0.331 270 University of the Pacific 1,100 364
Medical 0.331 270 California Pacific SF 5,700 1,887

Notes:

  1. Some libraries may be eligible for discounts through a consortium purchase. Please check with your consortium before subscribing.
  2. Remote access is available for some libraries through a referer page arrangement.
    Please contact randca-help@rand.org for more information.
  3. Fees for college libraries are based on Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) counts (12 semster hours) and include access to their campus-wide networks.
  4. System-wide network access for cities is available at twice the annual fee for the city library system.
  5. System-wide network access for counties will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis.
  6. Fees for city libraries will be calculated based on population figures as indicated by the Department of Finance and reported on http://ca.rand.org/stats/popdemo/popest.html. Fees for all other non-academic libraries will be calculated based on population figures in the most recent edition of California Library Statistics, published by the Library of California.
  7. Fees are subject to change without notice.


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