The contractor will provide web access subscription via IP authentication for AAFC’s multiple sites and Portfolio partners served by CAL, with access to the full text content of subscribed material.
Taylor and Francis Group will license web access to the full text content of 3,150+ electronic books. The contractor will also:
Provide AAFC and portfolio clients with department-wide web-based access to the electronic books via a secure network, using IP authentication.
Ensure that the server has adequate capacity and bandwidth to support the usage of the licensee at a level commensurate with the standards of availability for information services of similar scope operating via the World Wide Web.
Use all reasonable endeavors to make the licensed material available to the licensee and authorized users at all times and on a twenty-four hour basis, save for scheduled routine maintenance, and to restore access to the licensed materials as soon as possible in the event of an interruption or suspension of the service.
Provide adequate and competent technical support and assistance to enable the licensee to make proper use of the licensed material.
Subject Coverage:
Coverage includes research in all fields of natural science and technology , including analytical and biochemistry; GIS and remote sensing; environmental science and engineering; food science and technology, including brewing, dairy science, food engineering, food product development and functional foods; nutrition; hydrology; practical and theoretical statistics; botany; entomology; veterinary and animal science; zoology; aquatic science; agriculture; agronomy and crop science; and soil science.
Special Features
Provision of monthly COUNTER-compliant usage statistics.
Provision of personalized bookshelf and saved search functionalities.
Customer administration functionality to manage IP registration and usage statistics.
Provision to fill interlibrary loan requests from the licensed publications.
Capability to export citations to EndNote, the AAFC standard for reference management software.
Capability to interface with link resolvers, particularly TOUResolver from TDNet and 360Link from ProQuest.
Powerful database search engine and title browse capability.
Walk-in users shall have access to the full content while consulting resources within the Library premises.
Mobile app lets clients browse, search, bookmark and view e-books from mobile devices.
Marc 21 records can be downloaded for all electronic books.
Browse and search features can be limited to subscribed content.
Subscription includes access to books published since 1999 and new content published in the subscription year is added as it becomes available.
