Digital Library Content

⁠⁠⁠The Public Library Services (PLS), on behalf of the Libraries Board of South Australia, is seeking responses for the provision of Digital Library Content (DLC).

DLC will be a panel arrangement that combines the need to provide stable, reliable and relevant digital content across three (3) Content Formats which will be delivered via supplier owned platform(s)/application(s). The three (3) digital Content Formats are:

• eBooks;
• Audiobooks; and
• eMagazines.

Respondents will be invited to provide Offer/s for one or more of the above Content Formats.

The key objectives directly related to the supply of DLC under this ITS include the requirement for suppliers to provide:

• a stable, reliable and relevant provision of digital library content across electronic mediums for use by the public libraries of South Australia and their customers;
• support services to Public Library Services to assist in the access to content, including authentication management and ensure the privacy of users data;
• discoverability options to ensure the digital content is discovered and accessed by South Australian Public Libraries Network; and
• robust reporting tools.