Gale/MLTI eBook Offer for All Maine Schools - offer ends November 30, 2012

Published:October 31, 2012

Last spring MLTI/DOE partnered with Gale Cengage to offer the special pricing on the Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale has agreed to let us re-open the offer this fall, starting October 1st, with no minimum purchase this time. The pricing is the same and there is still a 3-year payment plan option. We hope that lots of the smaller schools will be able to take advantage of the $15 per pupil - it is a good deal!!

GVRL has been awarded "Best Overall Database" by Library Journal.

MLTI and the Maine Department of Education have once again partnered with Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, to offer special pricing for a core eBook collection for Maine schools that will support all areas of the 6-12 curriculum. This offer is open from October 1- November 30, 2012.

These collections are available to schools in Maine for a price of $15 per student (with a maximum total single campus price of $9995 for a High School, and $4995 for a Middle School). This per pupil pricing allows even small schools affordable access to these titles, and the cost may be spread over 3 years. The High School collection includes 278 titles in 971 volumes and is a $120,000 value; the Middle School collection of 100 titles in over 452 volumes is a $37,000 value. There is also an annual $50 hosting fee which is not included in the price.

This product offers unlimited, simultaneous use - you can actually have a whole class using the same title at once. There are print, email, citation, and download features. Titles can be read online or downloaded as pdf to a reader or as mp3. There is a free APP for direct access to the titles with full cross searching ability over all titles which would work perfectly with smartphones and iPads. All this making the GVRL platform device agnostic

This is a one-time ebook purchase; they become part of your library collection. The only continuing cost is a $50/year hosting fee that covers your web access to the titles and the support. You can view available titles and take a virtual tour here.

View the recorded informational webinar.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

AT GALE:
Hugh Poza, Account Executive
hugh.poza@cengage.com
800.877.4253 x 2281