FY 2000-2001:
Western Growth & Service Development

The fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, was characterized by an explosive growth in the number of libraries using BCR services, along with development of several new online services and Web-based workshops.

The increased use of BCR services by libraries across the western U.S. allowed us to reduce prices and to increase discounts significantly. Our partnerships with state library agencies helped more than 3,000 small libraries gain access to new online information resources, while similar agreements with local consortia allowed a large number of academic libraries to use BCR services for the first time.

The BCR membership grew by nearly 53 percent to 900 libraries in FY 2000-2001. BCR now has participating members in 39 states and Canada.

Most of these new members were small academic libraries and K-12 schools. But we also had 36 public libraries join, along with seven academic research institutions.

 

 

     In spite of (or, perhaps, because of ) this rapid      growth, BCR's overall financial performance was      outstanding. Libraries purchased more than $13      million in services through BCR programs, and      BCR's net assets increased by $242,282.

     In response to continuing growth and a strong      financial position, the BCR Board of Trustees      reduced the network surcharge on core OCLC      services and Lexis-Nexis products. This is the seventh time that BCR surcharges have been reduced in the last 10 years, and demonstrates our continuing commitment to keep the cost of using BCR programs as low as possible for the library community.

OCLC core services (cataloging and interlibrary loan) and BCR custom cataloging provided about 47.25 percent of BCR's revenue through the Bibliographic Systems & Services (BS&S) program. Another 39.63 percent came from our member libraries' use of reference databases and related services provided through the Internet & Database Services (IDS) program. Our very successful Research & Development (R&D) program generated 7.79 percent of BCR income, with the remaining 5.31 percent coming from investments, membership fees and special projects.

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