| Item Title: | Law Library - Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Matthew Bender LexisNexis print subscription renewal (2018-0458) |
| Submitted By: | Brian Stanley, Executive Director, Domestic Relations Office (915) 834-8292 |
| Subject: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the LexisNexis Matthew Bender Annual Service Renewal Contract for print subscriptions for FY19 to maintain the content of the Hon. Robert J. Galvan County Law Library collection in an amount not to exceed $57,001.05. Funding is available in SR-LAWLIB-BOOKS&SUBSCRIPT. (Contract No. 2018-0458) |
| Background: | The Robert J. Galvan Law Library is a statutory law library funded by civil court filing fees. It serves the information and research needs of those in the legal profession. In addition, it also serves the needs of the general public that desire to represent themselves in legal proceedings. The library maintains its collection in both print and electronic formats. Maintaining the collection is the single largest expenditure in the Law Library budget. A special committee of the Bar Association ensures that the titles maintained in the collection meet the needs of the community, especially the legal community.
This subscription is for print content and material. This subscription represents a reduction of $6456.82 from the FY18 contract 2017-0485. Print content has been canceled. The Library will seek digital options.
This is a one year agreement paying in quarterly installments. |
| Fiscal Impact: | The quarterly installments will commence Sept 2018 for a total of $57,001.05.
Funding is available in SR-LAWLIB-BOOKS&SUBSCRIPT
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| Recommendation: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the LexisNexis Matthew Bender Annual Service Renewal Contract for print subscriptions for FY19 to maintain the content of the Hon. Robert J. Galvan County Law Library collection in an amount not to exceed $57,001.05. Funding is available in SR-LAWLIB-BOOKS&SUBSCRIPT. (Contract No. 2018-0458) |
| Prior Action: | Contract No. 2017-0485, approved 8/21/2017, Comm. Court Agenda Item No. 10 |
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