RAND Texas Fee Schedule—Texas Schools and Public Libraries

User Group Annual fee ($/pop) Minimum ($) Example Example population Example cost ($)
           
Public university library 0.17 270 UT Austin 35,000 5,950
Community college library 0.115 270 Amarillo College 5,200 598
Private college library 0.185 270 Rice University 11,700 2,165
           
City library 0.0045 95 Wichita Falls 98,516 443
County library 0.0055 95 Tarrant County 1,382,442 7,603
           
K-12 library 0.045 95 Pasadena School District 41,880 1,885
           
County law library 0.0012 270 Dallas 2,062,100 2,475
Government (state, federal) library 0.15 270 NASA 4,500 675
Nonprofit 0.15 270 Texas Public Research 5,500 825
           
For profit 0.3 270 ABC Law Firm 2,000 600
University law 0.3 270 University of Texas Law 1,100 330
Medical 0.3 270 Baylor School of Medicine 5,700 1,740

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 terry@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 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 each library will be calculated based on population figures indicated in the latest official edition of library statistics. If city or county library population figures are unavailable, we use RAND Texas figures.
7. Fees are subject to change without notice.

For more information, contact nation@randstatistics.org or call 415/453-0388.

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