Community College Library Consortium News | Council of Chief Librarians

Bas relief of scribes at work from the Alexandria Library

Contributed by Sarah Raley, Consortium Director
All orders should now be placed with the consortium to avoid increases in pricing. Watch for information from vendors regarding your access beginning July 1.

There was recent discussion on the listserv regarding vendors charging sales tax on products. The only time sales tax is charged is if a physical product is delivered. Rev & Tax Code 605 states California sales tax is imposed upon a retailer’s sale of tangible personal property in California. If no tangible product is purchased, sales tax should not be collected.

This summer we will update our information to reflect Fall 2013 FTE as the basis for pricing. We use only credit FTE’s for consortium pricing. FTE’s are pulled from the Chancellor’s office web page. If you would like to check your fall FTEs, here is a link to the source: http://datamart.cccco.edu/Students/FTES_Summary.aspx