RLG Programs annual dues schedule

Annual partnership dues, which are based on the size of your organization, allow RLG Programs to support this collaborative work.  The program year begins on July 1 and concludes on June 30; dues for institutions newly joining at any point in the year will be pro-rated.

Dues are calculated on the basis of an institution’s operating budget.  We understand that "Operating budget" can be a slippery concept. The unit of measure RLG Programs uses is the library (or library system) in a college, university, historical society, or museum. For national and state libraries and archives, the whole institution is the focus.

All Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) and Society of College, National, and University Libraries (SCONUL) members currently report their library operating budget data to those organizations, deriving it from standard definitions.  RLG Programs will use the latest submitted figure to determine the correct dues band and annual dues rate for its members that belong or are qualified to belong to ARL or SCONUL. For all other members, the relevant figure will be determined by applying the ARL operating expense definition to data in your most recent published financial statement. The ARL definition includes:

• expenditures for materials
• expenditures for binding
• salaries and wages
• other operating expenditures (example, automation)

—but not facilities, facility maintenance, and fringe benefits. (For specifics, see Expenditures, the penultimate topic under section III, subsection 3, at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/ddoc.doc.)

2007-2008