Permits libraries and library systems to enter into cooperative purchasing agreements for electronic literary materials and prevents contracts from.

The bill amends the education law to allow libraries, public library systems, and school library systems to enter into cooperative purchasing agreements for negotiating and entering into contracts with publishers or aggregators to purchase or license electronic literary materials. It also prevents contracts between publishers or aggregators and libraries or library systems from restricting the disclosure of pricing information contained within purchase or license agreements to other libraries, public library systems, school library systems, or reference and research library resources systems.

Permits libraries and library systems to enter into cooperative purchasing agreements for electronic literary materials and prevents contracts from.

The bill amends the education law to allow libraries, public library systems, and school library systems to enter into cooperative purchasing agreements for negotiating and entering into contracts with publishers or aggregators to purchase or license electronic literary materials. It also prevents contracts between publishers or aggregators and libraries or library systems from restricting the disclosure of pricing information contained within purchase or license agreements to other libraries, public library systems, school library systems, or reference and research library resources systems.