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Dewey Group Pricing Now Available

By Rosario Garza
OCLC has begun allowing discounted group purchases of the print editions of Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), both edition 22 and the abridged 14th edition. The group purchases of the print editions can be combined with a group purchase of the WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey products.

A group is defined as at least three libraries purchasing a combination of Dewey products with a single point-of- contact for billing and distribution of authorization numbers (for the WebDewey products) or the print copies. The group coordinator or organizer must sign the Terms and Conditions for the online products.

Groups can subscribe to WebDewey or Abridged WebDewey only or to a mix of both. The pricing is based on the number of users in the group, which usually corresponds to the number of catalogers at a particular institution times the number of participating institutions. Additional discounts are available for large groups. The discount is off the total price based on the number of participating institutions. Discounts for the online products are as follows:

 Number of Libraries Discount
 20-50 libraries 10 percent discount
 51-100 libraries 20 percent discount
 101-plus libraries 30 percent discount

Additional discounts on the print products are also available. Remember, shipping must be to a single address. The applicable discounts are:

 Number of Sets Discount
 1-9 sets No discount
 10-49 sets 10 percent discount
 50-249 sets 20 percent discount
 250-499 sets 25 percent discount
 499-plus sets 30 percent discount

For more information, contact Rosario Garza (rgarza@bcr.org) at BCR.

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