Database Funding Fact Sheet
State
Fiscal
Year |
Federal
Money* |
Grant
Money* |
State
Money* |
Member
Fees* |
Total
budget for databases* |
Number
of Databases |
Notes |
| *Dollars rounded to the nearest thousand
|
FY2001
(Sept 2000 - Aug 2001)
|
$216,000 |
$7,369,000 |
$2,617,000 |
$290,000 |
$10,492,000 |
60 |
First year of TIF grant. State money
was general revenue. |
FY2002
(Sept 2001 - Aug 2002)
|
$378,000 |
$5,722,000 |
$3,174,000 |
$1,000 |
$9,275,000 |
61 |
TIF grant was awarded over two years;
we carried some of award to spend FY03. State money
changed from GR to GR-D from TIF fund. |
FY2003
(Sept 2002 - Aug 2003)
|
$171,000 |
$5,127,000 |
$2,487,000 |
$0 |
$7,785,000 |
46 |
TIF grant money was carry-over from
FY02. Anticipated FY03 grant funds frozen. Dropped specialized
databases; negotiated a 2-year contract with major vendor
at special pricing in order to stretch funding. |
FY2004
(Sept 2003 - Aug 2004)**
|
$950,000 |
$0 |
$3,159,000 |
$1,484,000 |
$5,593,000 |
47 |
Re-established TexShare membership
fees. Instituted pledge drive to continue access to
popular databases the state could not subsidize. In
second year of 2-year subscription to one vendor package.
Databases put in capital budget. |
| **Two databases paid for from pledge drive;
pledge funds from libraries not reflected in budget amounts.
|
FY2005
(Sept 2004 - Aug 2005)***
|
$1,222,000 |
$0 |
$3,025,000 |
$1,339,000 |
$5,586,000 |
19 |
No longer benefit from two-year contract
with major vendor; additional databases dropped. |
| ***One database paid for from pledge drive;
pledge funds from libraries not reflected in budget amounts. |
FY2006
(Sept 2005 - Aug 2006)
|
$1,014,000 |
$0 |
$4,519,000 |
$926,000 |
$6,459,000 |
50 |
Legislature increased state funding for databases $1,271,955 |
FY2007
(Sept 2006 - Aug 2007)
|
$1,827,000 |
$0 |
$4,312,000 |
$917,000 |
$7,056,000 |
50 |
|
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