Building an Affordable Statewide Audio and Ebook Collection.

ELECTRONIC books; COMPUTERS; DIGITAL technology; ACQUISITION of data; STATE governments; SCHOLARSHIPS; LIBRARY public services; COST benefit analysis; LIBRARY cooperation; SOUND recordings; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; ACCESS to information; INFORMATION resources; ELECTRONIC publications; BUDGET

The article informs about Wisconsin's collaborative efforts in providing equitable library services, exemplified by the Wisconsin Schools Digital Library Consortium (WSDLC), offering ebooks and audiobooks to over 425,000 students at an affordable cost of 1.65 dollar per student. Topic include Originating from the success of Wisconsin's Digital Library, the idea for WSDLC emerged to address the need for a shared collection, with the program evolving over four years before its launch in 2018.