Item C10
Revised 2/95
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: 08/16/2000
Bulk Item: Yes [81 No D
Division: Community Services
Department: Library Services
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval to enter contract with BIGCHALK.COM
Education Network for subscription to the eLibrary Classic Web-database.
ITEM BACKGROUND: Elibrary is a full-text, cover-to-cover database of thousands of
documents from newspapers, newswires, magazines, and joumals. Elibrary also provides
transcripts of TV, radio and government broadcasts, including 60 Minutes, 20/20, and National
Public Radio. Content is updated daily and natural language searching is available. Once a
Monroe County Library website is established, access to this database will extend to library
patrons researching from home or office.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: NONE
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Aooroval
TOTAL COST: $1.850.00
COST TO COUNTY: $1,850.00
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes D No [81 AMOUNT PER MONTH
YEAR $1,850.00
APPROVED BY: COUNTY ATTY OMBIP~NG RISK MANAGEMENT(j,1l- .
BUDGETED: Yes
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DOCUMENTATION: INCLUDED:x.TO FOLLOW: ,NOT REQUIRED: 0
DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM #:
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MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CONTRACT SUMMARY
Contract #
Contract with: BIGCHALK.COM Effective Date:Upon execution of aareement
Expiration Date:07/31/01
Contract Purpose/Description:
To provide Key West and Key Laroo library patrons and staff access to ELibrary's full-
text. cover-to-cover. Web-database of thousands of documents from newspapers.
newswires. maoazines. and iournals. Elibrary also provides transcripts of lV, radio and
oovernment broadcasts, includina 60 Minutes. 20/20. and National Public Radio.
Content is updated daily and naturallanouaoe searchino is available.
Contract Manager:Anne Layton Rice
(Name)
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for BOCC meeting on August 16, 2000
Agenda Deadline: August 2, 2000
CONTRACT COSTS
Total Dollar Value of Contract: $1.850.00
Budgeted? YeslXl No 0 Account Codes:
Grant: $Q
County Match: $Q
Current Year Portion: $1.850.00
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ADDITIONAL COSTS
Estimated Ongoing Costs: $1 ,850.00/yr For: continuation of subscription
(Not included in dollar value above) (eg. maintenance, utilities, ianitorial, salaries, etc.)
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SWORN STAIEMENT UNDER. ORDINANCE NO. 10-1990
MONROE COUNTY, FLORmA
ETHICS CLAUSE
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or otherwise had act OD. hirlhs behalf any furm.. Coumy oftlcer or empJoyae iD violation of
Section 2 of Ordinance No. 10-1990 or any CoIIDty officer or employee in violation of
Section 3 of Ordinance No. 10-1990. For bn:ach or violaliod ofthfs provision the Couuty
may, in its ~ temJiDatc this contract without liability 8Dd may also, in its discretion, ,
- deduct...1lom-the coutract or purebase pnce~ or otherWiSe recover, the fun amOWlt of any fee,
commission, percentap, gift, or COIISideration paid to the fonner CoUDty officer or employco.
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Date: r16/Q f1
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STATE OF
COUNT\' OF
PBRSONALL Y APPEARED BEFORE ME, Che lIJ1daosiped authority,
who, after f'ttst being sworn by me, affixed hislher
signature (name of individual signiaa) in the space provided above on this
day of
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NOTARY PUBUC
My commission expires:
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