Statewide Database Licensing (SDL) Project

SDL Project Description

SDL is a project coordinated by the Washington State Library to give citizens of the State of Washington access to online resources, specifically commercial research databases, through their local libraries at a discounted cost.

With guidance from the SDL Advisory Committee, the project uses federal LSTA grant funds to underwrite licenses to full-text magazine and newspaper databases for Washington libraries. Initiated in 1998, this project pays one-half of the annual costs. Libraries' local funds pay the rest. Local library costs are set using formulas established by the statewide advisory committee.

Libraries participating in SDL include:

• Public and private academic libraries (4-year+)
• Community and technical college libraries
• Public libraries and library systems
• Medical and special libraries
• K-12 libraries (in public and private schools) via the 9 Educational Service districts (ESDs)
• Tribal libraries
• State government agency libraries

SDL E-Mail Distribution List

One way to keep informed about the Statewide Database Licensing Project is to subscribe to the SDL project's e-mail list, WALIBSDL, or to the State Library's eNewletter, WSL Updates. To subscribe to these and other WSL e-mail lists, visit the WSL email distribution lists page.

For questions or additional information regarding the SDL project, please contact:

Jude Guzzy

Cooperative Projects Librarian

jude.guzzy@sos.wa.gov

253-292-6814

STATEWIDE DATABASE LICENSING PROJECT
Washington State Library
PO Box 42460
Olympia, WA 98504-2460

Funded in part by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).