To: Board of Supervisors
From: Alison McKee, County Librarian
Report Title: Purchase Order with Baker & Taylor, LLC for renewal of PressReader through November 30, 2024
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the County Librarian, a purchase order including modified limitation of liability with Baker & Taylor, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $46,720 for renewal of the PressReader, for the period December 1, 2023 through November 30, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Library Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The Library Department has used and continues to use Baker & Taylor, LLC for PressReader. PressReader is a digital magazine and newspaper offered to Library patrons and sold by Baker & Taylor, LLC. The product provides access to over 7,000 titles from around the world and every newspaper and magazine on the platform can be translated instantly into one of eighteen languages, or the built-in reader can be used to hear the paper aloud. The digital content on the platform is available to users on the same day as the printed addition.
The Terms and Conditions of the purchase order include a limitation of liability provision, approved by County Counsel.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Purchase Order is not approved, the Contra Costa County Library’s patrons will lose access to PressReader’s products.