Participant Charges: July 1, 2009

This statement is subject to annual review prior to the start of a new fiscal year.
Cost factors affecting the schedule of charges will be analyzed by the PALS staff and reviewed by the Executive Committee on or about February 1. The charges will be changed as needed on the basis of this review.
Notice of any change in charges will be mailed to each of the member libraries after review and prior to the start of a new fiscal year. No notice of change will mean continuance of the same schedule of charges in the next fiscal year.
Schedule of charges:
1. Standard extraction of bibliographic records.
  - $500 per extraction, regardless of the number of records
2. Database extractions which requires special setup.
  - $225 per hour plus any other costs of production
3. Batch Loading of bibliographic, holding and item records.
  - $400 per administrative unit for initial load
  - $125 for subsequent loads with the same configuration
4. Loading MARCIVE records.
  - $700 per year per ADM
5. Special programming or consultation by PALS staff beyond the scope of normal Aleph support.
  - $225 per hour
6. Global changes to bibliographic or holdings records.*
  - $350 if the library does the p-ret-03 or CCL to identify the records
  - $500 if PALS staff does the p-ret-03 or CCL
  *Note: only possible to select based on indexed fields.
7. Batch deletion of bibliographic records and all records linked to them.*
  - $125 if the library does the p-ret-03 or CCL to identify the records
  - $250 if PALS staff does the p-ret-03 or CCL to identify the records
  *Note: only possible to select based on indexed fields.
8. Custom SQL requests and reports
  - $225 per hour with 1 hour minimum
9. Training, instruction, and consultation for a single library; includes new training, retraining, and refresher classes. Limit of 10 students per class.
  - At customer site: $900 per day, plus travel expenses
  - At the PALS office in Mankato: $600 per day.
  - Web training is available upon request for some sessions; charge to be determined.
10. Group training for multiple libraries; includes workshops, retraining and refresher classes. Minimum of 5 attendees.
  - $100 per person for one day; $150 for two days
  - Web training is available upon request for some sessions; charge to be determined.
11. Proxy Server.
  - $500 for setup and training, $600 annually for maintenance and support
12. Inventory Equipment.
  - PT2000 with a tethered wand: $1339
  - PT2000 with a tethered laser: $1459
  - Support and maintenance costs after the first year: $225 per year.
  - Rental costs: $125 per week or $325 per month.
Schedule of charges for new consortium libraries:
1. Bibliographic data load (merging, editing, and loading initial database from OCLC or LSSI records).
  - Charge of $.04 per record, plus a $1500 setup charge, plus vendor costs
  - Additional charges will apply if special database programming and/or handling is necessary to convert records to an acceptable format for loading. Records must be in MARC standard format.
2. Training.
  - Charges as described in 4. I. above
Charges for libraries that leave the consortium will be in accordance with each library’s contract terms. In the event that a library does not have withdrawal costs specified in their contract, the following charges will apply.
- $225 per hour for personnel time for each extraction of records
- $.03 per record for each bibliographic, patron, holding, item, order, course reserve, vendor, or interlibrary loan record deleted from the MnPALS system.
- Deletion of records is mandatory for any library that leaves the consortium. If records are extracted and deleted, both charges apply.