SOR_Project_Muse_Ebooks_2019_Final.pdf

Office of Contracting and Logistics Management Revised 05 Mar 2015

Statement of Requirements

Project Muse Ebook Collections 2019 Dudley Knox Library (DKL) Naval Postgraduate School

1.0 Background/Introduction:

DKL maintains a curated portfolio of information products from a variety of credible and proprietary sources that support teaching, learning, and research needs of NPS students and faculty. Selection is based on relevance to curricula and research interest, the quality of content, and some technical delivery preferences. Project Muse subject collections group titles from different publishers on the same topic and the same platform (along with journal content). These collections are in subject areas relevant to both the School of International Graduate Studies and the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy. Perpetual access to these ebook titles will ensure that our collection is current, and will strengthen research capabilities in the listed schools.

2.0 Minimal Technical Requirements/Salient Characteristics:

Project Muse Ebook collections in area studies relevant to NPS are sought with recent-year imprints. The following technical requirements are in place:

• IP-based access

• Scholarly, peer reviewed content

• Complements existing collections

• Available on platform already in use

• Perpetual access

• Unlimited simultaneous use

• DRM-free content

• Book chapters searchable, retrievable, and downloadable as PDFs

• Content discoverable through Primo (library resource discovery tool)

• COUNTER-compliant usage statistics

• SUSHI-compliant usage data harvesting

• Free MARC records

• Proprietary content/single supplier