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The mission of AF MWR Libraries is outlined in DoDI 1015.10 stating AF Libraries will provide information resources and services required to accomplish the mission. The libraries support military personnel assigned to contingency operations, remote sites, and military missions IAW DoDI 1015.10, Military Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Programs. The program provides professional military and voluntary education programs materials and services. Libraries also provide facilities, resources, and services to enhance the quality of life, regeneration, and resiliency for authorized customers. The AF Libraries Division acquires materials that are made available to military and civilian employees across the DoD. These resources relate to various overarching goals of the DoD such as professional, recreation, physical wellness, emotional resiliency, and educational pursuits.

To meet these needs, the AF libraries must procure resources that can be accessed globally, including in areas with low or no internet access, and provide the below stated requirements. These resources need to include access to quality of life resources. The multi-databases are vital professional and academic tool for AF personnel. Gale is important to service personnel and library staff for having the ability to provide instantly accessible digital information in multiple platforms that can be streamed or downloading with no waiting. This subscription must be firm-fixed pricing so there is no increase when new titles are accessed. It should also not limit the number of titles or electronic checkouts per title. This database collection provides information that supports education and enhances quality of life for AF personnel. The AF Libraries also require a resource that provides research for personnel development that meet the quality of life, regeneration, and resiliency as stipulated by DoDI 1015.10. To meet those needs, the AF Libraries require a resource that provides quality of life information.

The AF Libraries Division would like to purchase the Cengage Learning Inc. Gale Multi-Topic Database package.

Package must provide Gale in Context: Biography, Gale General OneFile with Collections & Health Reference Center Academic, National Geographic Kids, National Geographic People, Animals, World, & National Geographic 1888 to current. Must include backfiles and unlimited simultaneous access to content by users.

Must include National Geographic produced content to include videos, images, maps, books and magazines from 1888 to present. Databases will access previously purchased eReference books and materials on the Cengage Gale platform when retrieving information/searches for AF Library customers. Tools feature 160 million full-text articles from leading books, journals, magazines, newspapers and primary sources, multimedia assets including videos, podcasts, tutorials and images, daily updates of new content. These databases cover subject matter with a specific focus on business practices, literary resources, environmental studies, and world cultures. The information is provided in a simple user interface that allows users to search an individual database or the entire collection. Interface should offer a browser by subject with a visual topic map/finder

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18 Jun 2019 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Page 3 of 5 graphic alternative to getting a list from a regular search feature. Cengage users can browse by topic or preform detailed searches. They can also use the Access My Library mobile application that is customizable app that allows users to save article, citation, and links. Needs to have a notes and highlight feature to articles/topics that can be downloaded or printed by the customer for later usage . Databases should work seamlessly with Google and Microsoft customer personal accounts for saving information for later usage.

Gale Multi- Topic Database package

AF Libraries Division

The AF Libraries Division acquires materials that are made

AF Libraries Division

Gale Cengage is the sole provider of Gale Multi-Topic Database package. AF Libraries are only able to access previously purchased content from Gale on the Gale Cengage platform. 25 eReference books provided with this package are exclusive to Gale Cengage as the publisher and distributor of the books. Gale Cengage has an exclusive agreement with National Geographic to provide the additional National Geographic produced content by said publisher.

Gale Cengage has exclusive legal copyright and is a "must order direct" company. The publisher does not market their web products through distributors so they are not available from any other source. The proposed sole source is the only known source for this requirement. Gale Cengage is the leading provider of learning and knowledge products and one of the world's most trusted sources of information on every topic imaginable.

Without this sole source acquisition, the AF Library's mission to provide military members with safe educational and recreational support would be seriously harmed or delayed without the latest, up-to-the-minute information available from this subscription.

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It is imperative to continue offering access to this job searching and educational material to AF Library customers as it provides the most authoritative information available.

Cengage Learning, Inc.

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