UT System Libraries Working Together

Since the 1990’s UT System libraries have worked through the UT System Digital Library (UTSDL) to increase the buying power of individual UT System libraries.  The UTSDL is an active library consortium of the UT System’s nine academic and six health science institutions. The consortium complements the collection strengths of each UT institution’s library with online scholarly resources. UTSDL provides access to resources ranging from humanities ebooks to medical research journals. The UTSDL provides licensing services for electronic products and leverages group purchasing power in order to reduce costs across the UT System. In fiscal year 2014, the UT Health Science Center Library as part of the UTSDL consortium spent $1,134,898 for subscriptions to electronic journals and databases resulting in cost avoidance estimated at $8,964,211 based on vendor list prices. Journals published by Nature, Science, American Chemical Society, Elsevier, Wiley, Springer and many others are included in the UTSDL consortium subscriptions.  The UTSDL is managed by librarians at UT Austin along with collection development librarians at each UT System campus.

 

UTHSC San Antonio 2014 UTSDL Expenditure List Price Cost Avoidance
$1,134,898 $10,099,109 $8,964,211
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