The good news: Kansas K-12 library database subscriptions can continue without a single day of disruption. Infobase is ready to make that happen directly with your library, on terms built around your budget.
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The statewide contract is narrowing. Your districts’s access doesn’t have to.
Starting August 1, the State Library of Kansas’s new contract funds only Issues & Controversies. Bloom’s Literature, Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center, Health Reference Center, InfoLaunch, InfoLaunch Elementary, The Mailbox Plus, Today’s Science, and World News Digest move outside that agreement when the current contract closes on August 31. The State Library of Kansas made this decision as part of its own budget priorities.
We understand how important these resources are to your students and teachers, from an elementary student building early research skills in InfoLaunch Elementary to a high school senior using Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center to plan life after graduation. To help your library maintain access with minimal disruption, Infobase is offering direct subscriptions at discounted pricing, and we can have coverage in place before the current contract ends.
Students and teachers notice access.
Most students and teachers will never think about whether a database is procured at the local or state level, but they will notice when access disappears. Subscribing directly puts your district in control of the timeline instead of a statewide procurement cycle, and Infobase already has the pricing, training, and account relationship in place to make the switch simple.
AASL’s National School Library Standards center inquiry-based research and source evaluation as core learner competencies. Maintaining consistent access to these resources supports that work directly.
Literary criticism, author biographies, and thematic essays that give students and adult readers a contextualized starting point for literary analysis. Middle and high school ELA classrooms lean on it just as often as student book clubs and independent readers with an assigned essay.
Career exploration, résumé support, and labor-market data for anyone rethinking their next job, whether that's a middle schooler exploring career clusters for the first time or a senior building a résumé before graduation. A natural fit for district College and Career Readiness requirements.
Plain-language, medically reviewed health information for students, families, and school nurses who need a reliable first stop, versus an unverified search result.
The rebuilt World Almanac for Kids, designed to teach research skills alongside answers, built for your elementary and middle school students. Because it scaffolds those skills early, it supports exactly the kind of information literacy your district prioritizes.
The entry point for your youngest researchers, built for kids who are still learning what a credible source even looks like. It pairs directly with InfoLaunch so elementary and middle schools can offer one continuous research path instead of a hard stop at third grade.
Classroom-ready materials for teachers, homeschool parents, and early-childhood educators. K-12 teachers rely on it for lesson plans, morning work, and thematic units across every grade band.
Current, NGSS-aligned science content that turns a passing question into an actual research session, useful for students across every grade band.
A searchable historical record of world events, valuable for everything from a social studies research project to a debate team prepping for a current-events round.
To support Kansas institutions during this transition, we are honoring these special statewide prices through December 31, 2026.
Districts that secure their subscriptions by August 31, 2026, will ensure their students and teachers experience continuous access without any service interruption, while also locking in this preferred pricing.
Subscribing directly with Infobase means benefitting from the partnership directly.
Infobase builds every one of its products around a specific commitment: teaching students how to wisely find, evaluate, and produce information in ways that develop information literacy skills. Bloom’s Literature models what critical analysis looks like instead of offering shortcuts. InfoLaunch and InfoLaunch Elementary scaffold research skills deliberately by age, so a student’s first experience with a database builds directly toward research habits they’ll need later on.
That design choice is deliberate.
The window for uninterrupted access is limited. Contact your Infobase representative today details on product packages.
