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Attachment B—NC Cardinal Annual Costs by Library State Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Annual Cost Calculations A. During the State Fiscal Year(July 1—June 30)of the Library's migration(year one),the incoming Library shall incur no Branch Costs or Shared ILS Costs.The State Library of North Carolina shall cover the Library's portion of Branch Costs and Shared ILS Costs for the first full fiscal year following migration(year two).The Library shall fund its portion of Branch Costs and Shared ILS Costs for Base Level Access to the NC Cardinal ILS beginning with year three of participation in NC Cardinal. B. Base Level Access includes access to and use of the NC Cardinal Integrated Library System (ILS) software, hardware maintenance, hardware administration, database administration,Standard Internet Protocol(SIP) services,software upgrades,second-level system support, integral components, and tools related to the statewide resource sharing distribution system. C. A member Library's annual costs for membership in NC Cardinal shall be calculated based upon the following formula: Consortial Shared Costs Calculations: Total Branch Costs = 50%of Total Consortial Shared Costs Shared ILS Costs = 50%of Total Consortial Shared Costs Library System Costs Calculations: Library's Portion of Total Branch Costs (described in section F) Library's Portion of Shared ILS Costs (described in section G) Total Library Costs D. Total Consortial Shared Costs are the program costs shared among members to support and administer the shared ILS software and hardware.These fees provide for: 1) maintenance for server administration; 2) implementation of software upgrades; 3) maintenance of database storage performance optimization; 4) upgrade of server configuration; and 5) support of software issues and problem resolution. E. Total Consortial Shared Costs are then divided into two equal parts: 1) Total Branch Costs are divided equally among all qualifying library branches in the consortium. 2) Shared ILS Costs are divided among member libraries according to the calculations described in Section G. F. The Library's Portion of Branch Costs is composed of the Cost per Branch multiplied by the number Qualifying Branches in that Library System. 1) The Cost per Branch is the Total Branch Costs divided by the total number of Qualifying Branches throughout the consortium. 2) A Qualifying Branch meets the following criteria: a. Is open more than 18 hours per week; NC Cardinal Memorandum of Agreement 2020-2021 Attachment B:NC Cardinal Annual Costs by Library