To: Board of Supervisors
From: Alison McKee, County Librarian
Report Title: Purchase Order with Baker and Taylor for library materials through June 30, 2028
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the County Librarian, a purchase order with Baker and Taylor in an amount not to exceed $1,223,823 for leasing library materials (books) for the period July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. (100% Library Fund)
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Library Fund.
BACKGROUND:
Baker and Taylor offers the Contra Costa County Library the option to lease books to support the high demand for new release titles from popular authors. The additional copies of in-demand titles supports the Library’s ability to meet the recreational, educational, and informational needs of its patrons. Library patrons need convenient access to high quality recreational, educational, and general interest books from popular publishers and authors. Baker and Taylor supports the Library in providing timely access to the most in-demand information for patrons throughout the County and saves considerable staff and funding resources in doing so by providing seamless integration with the Library’s existing technologies, robust customer service, and highly specified processing services for materials purchased. This saves the Library considerable staff and financial resources and helping the Library to provide excellent service to our communities.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Purchase Order is not approved, the Contra Costa County Library will no longer be able to provide such timely access to a wide variety of new release books that support the recreational, educational, and informational needs of Contra Costa County library patrons.