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Request for SAT procurement assistance for MSFC Library Subscription – Scope of Work (SOW)

Date: 31 July 2020

1. HEADER TEXT Information: "SpringerNature (Springer) Subscription Renewal 8/1/2020 - 12/31/2020, for 2020 Springer Journal Legacy Collection, Nature, Nature Materials, and Nature Photonics databases.”

Center: MSFC POC: (MSFC)(Joyce W. Meier)

Joseph Tynes Contracting Officer NSSC, Bldg. 1111 Phone: 228-813-6167 joseph.r.tynes@nasa.gov

Statement of Work:

Statement of Work - identify the number of users and the required titles, publications, etc.

Springer Subscription Renewal 8/1/2020 - 12/31/2020 for MSFC – Springer Subscription Renewal 8/1/2020 - 12/31/2020, Background

SpringerNature states that, “Research and learning are the cornerstones of progress, which is why we open doors to discovery – enabling millions of researchers, educators, clinicians and other professionals to access, trust and make sense of the latest insights. Ensuring that the world makes as much progress in the next 150 years as it has in the last – improving and enriching lives and helping to protect our planet for future generations.”

Scope

The Springer contract will provide MSFC center-wide access to electronic resources. Center-wide access is allowed from corporate domain to obtain full-text online access to individual articles from 2020 Springer Journal Legacy Collection, Nature, Nature Materials, and Nature Photonics. These are renewals of subscriptions used and known by MSFC users.

Requirements

1. Springer will provide access to electronic resources utilizing an agreed upon access model which may be authentication or IP address protocol access.

2. Springer will also provide training for MSFC users on a requested or as needed basis. Training would be for librarians or library staff. Training would be requested no more than three times per year for Agency-wide sessions.

mailto:joseph.r.tynes@nasa.gov

Deliverables

1. Access to Springer Center-wide within agreed upon specifications

2. Provision of all R4 and R5 COUNTER reports as defined by Project Counter at https://www.projectcounter.org/code-of-practice-sections/usage-reports/ (R4) and https://www.projectcounter.org/code-of-practice-five-sections/4-1-usage-reports/ (R5). All R4 reports must be accessible via manual download through COUNTER. All R5 reports must be accessible via COUNTER's SUSHI API. In addition to the standard COUNTER reports, please provide download statistics at the journal level on a monthly interval, distinguishing between abstract downloads and full-text downloads. Model the report or reports on the COUNTER R5 report 'Journal Usage by Access Type' (Report ID: TR_J3)

Provision of a minimum of one training session to be held for Librarians and Library Staff members.

https://www.projectcounter.org/code-of-practice-sections/usage-reports/ https://www.projectcounter.org/code-of-practice-five-sections/4-1-usage-reports/