TBLC offers member libraries group discount for purchase of electronic resources. Group purchases leverage the group's buying power and results in better pricing for all participants.
TBLC-negotiated purchases will be distributed to members via this webpage, and by email. For additional information about these and other group purchase offers, contact Diana Sachs.
Current Offers
Games on Demand
Games on Demand is a web-based service offering games to children. Games on Demand is the software company behind the popular Yahoo Games! Last year, Pasco County Libraries began working to implement this product at each of their libraries. In January, Pasco began using this product, and it has been quite successful.
Games on Demand offers a kid package that is primarily focused on kid games. A list of titles is available at their website - http://gamesoduser.comcast.net/gamesondemand/kids.html. Games include: Putt-Putt, Clifford, Tonka, Freddi Fish, I SPY, Hangman, and Reader Rabbit to name a few. In addition, Games on Demand adds new games monthly.
TBLC is working on brokering a deal with area libraries. However, the company will not negotiate pricing or discuss implementation changes until I have a very rough number of interested libraries.
Please let Diana Sachs (sachsd@tblc.org) know by April 10, 2006 if you are interested in Games on Demand or if you would like to know more about the product.
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Priceminer Antique Appraiser - Online
Priceminer is the most up-to-date, innovative research tool for the art, antiques and collectibles market developed by GoAntiques.com. With more than 20 million records and 10 million pictures covering 5,200 categories and subcategories, it is used as both a price guide and an identification guide.
Records from eBay.com, GoAntiques.com and TIAS.com are aggregated to offer the most complete guide of its kind. eBay records date back to the first of this year, compared to the 15 days of records you can search on eBay's site. GoAntiques and TIAS records go back to 1998. PriceMiner currently adds about two million records every month.
PriceMiner also presents historical price data for same or similar items that you search. Search/sort criteria include price range, category type, sale date, data source and currency (converted to US dollars).
For access to the demo and pricing information, please contact For a trial and/or pricing information, please contact Diana Sachs at 813-622-8252 ext 234 or sachsd@tblc.org.
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TumbleBooks
There are three products offered by TumbleBooks. These products are available remote and in-house access. Pricing is available upon request for Readables and TalkingBooks.
www.tumblebooks.com
TumbleBook Library is an online collection of TumbleBooks, animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.
The TumbleBook Library collection is accessed on-line from every computer in your school or library with Internet connection, or from home through a direct link on your school or library website.
The TumbleBook Library is a collection of licensed titles from children's book publishers such as Scholastic, Chronicle Books, Candlewick Press, Harcourt, Walker and Company and others.
www.tumbleReadables.com
TumbleReadables are a collection of large print electronic books which allows you to read books online by simply clicking a button.
Our TumblePad Reader, with its innovative font size slider, enables the viewer to raise the font size to up to 34 point, bringing the joy of reading to young and old.
www.tumbletalkingbooks.com
TumbleTalkingBooks is a streaming audiobooks for the home or in-house user. Libraries have a collection of interchangeable titles.
Libraries that have not participated in the past are able to join this group purchase opportunity at a significant discount. If your library is interested in a trial or pricing information, please contact Diana Sachs (sachsd@tblc.org).
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ProQuest Safari
ProQuest Information and Learning now offers Safari Tech Books Online. The Safari Tech Books Online information retrieval service is the ideal ready-reference resource, with simultaneous searching of hundreds of top IT titles for quick and reliable answers.
Subject Areas: Science, Technology and Medicine
'Best of Breed' Content from O'Reilly and The Pearson Technology Group
Safari Tech Books Online offers an exclusive collection of highly acclaimed reference content from the two premier IT publishers, OReilly & Associates, Inc., and The Pearson Technology Group, with imprints including Addison-Wesley Professional, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, New Riders, Peachpit Press, Prentice Hall PTR, Que, and Sams. Together, OReilly & Associates, Inc., and The Pearson Technology Group's imprints deliver well over half the IT books published. Hundreds of books are loaded now growing to thousands as new books are published. In most cases, new titles are available in Safari Tech Books Online even before they appear in print. Complete IT Subject Coverage
Safari Tech Books Online offers content in more than 20 categories, including Business Reference, Certification, Cisco, Creative Media, Database, Desktop Productivity, e-Business, Enterprise Computing, Java, Linux/Unix, Macintosh, .NET, Networking, Perl, Photoshop, Programming, Software Engineering, Web Administration, Web Authoring and Design, Web Development, Windows, Windows Administration, Windows Programming, and XML.
IT Answers in an Instant - Find Exactly What You Need
The powerful Safari Tech Books Online search engine lets users locate the IT information they need, quickly and precisely. Included are all occurrences of the search terms from all books in the library's subscription collection; thumbnails of book covers in the hit-list; relevancy-ranked results for books and terms within the books; hit-lists of book chapters containing the search terms; keywords in context in the hit-list; complete tables of contents and indexes for each book for easy page-to-page browsing; charts, graphs, and other graphics in full image, just as originally published; and cut-and-paste code segments to save time and eliminate typos.
Easy Integration in the Library
Safari Tech Books Online provides powerful tools for libraries to integrate and manage the collection including seamless IP authentication, prominent library branding in the interface, the ability to create links from the OPAC directly to books in the collection, and robust usage reporting.
TBLC Group Purchase Offer:
The Current File consists of the current years content, plus the last two full years worth of content. Any new content loaded into Safari is automatically added to the Safari Current File product (within the current and two previous years). 2 simultaneous users for each library. This is different than current subscriptions where libraries are limited to 100 title slots.
Contact Diana Sachs, sachsd@tblc.org to arrange for a trial and/or pricing for your library.
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Solinet Offers
All TBLC member libraries are eligible to participate in group purchase opportunities offered by Solinet. Visit the Solinet Electronic Databases webpage for more information.
Florida Electronic Library
The Florida Electronic Library provides reference and research assistance to all citizens of the state of Florida with a Florida public library card.
Mailing List
To join our mailing list to learn about upcoming offers, sign up at: e-resources mailing list.
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