Consortia opt-in offers

NSW.net manages the consortia opt-in offers scheme on behalf of the NSW public library network. This scheme negotiates significant discounts on over 100 digital products for public libraries to ensure they can offer their members access to a diverse range of digital content to suit their information needs.

Libraries can select appropriate digital content in a range of formats including electronic journals, newspapers, catalogue enhancement tools, ebooks, eaudio, online video and music.

Products are selected in consultation with the NSW content working group and statewide trials are arranged for the majority of products offered. Products trialled are assessed for their suitability for use in public libraries with particular emphasis placed upon the product interface, ease of use, search functionality and the appropriateness and quality of the content.

A number of consortia opt-in offer products have not been evaluated and this is indicated on the product page. Non-evaluated products are offered by some vendors as a component of their annual consortia opt-in offer package. Libraries interested in non-evaluated products are encouraged to request a trial from the vendor in order to undertake their own evaluation.  

To learn more, do the consortia opt-in offers scheme mini module available on the PL Portal, the online training platform for NSW public library staff available on the Public Library Services website.

If you would like NSW.net to consider a new product for inclusion in the consortia opt-in offer scheme, please contact us

The best way to keep up to date with NSW.net trials and related eresources information is to subscribe to the dbcontacts email list.

For an overview of consortia opt-in offers by vendors please refer to the 2025-26 consortia opt-in offer blog post.

Current offers

Access Video On Demand Streaming Collections

Vendor: Infobase Learning Australia

Access Video on Demand

American National Biography

Vendor: Oxford University Press

American National Biographyoffers portraits of more than 19,000 men and women, from all eras and walks of life, whose lives have shaped American hi

AMES World Wide English

Vendor: AMES

English for work, study and life in global environments

Develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

Ancestry Library Edition

Vendor: Proquest

Ancestry Library Edition brings the world’s most popular consumer online genealogy resource to your library.

AustLit

Vendor: AustLit

AustLit is the most comprehensive resource relating to Australian writing and storytelling in all forms.

Australia and New Zealand News Stream

Vendor: Proquest

ANZ Newsstream offers full-text access to newspapers, newswires, transcripts, combining key national titles from Fairfax, News Ltd., and the Austra

Australia and New Zealand reference Centre

Vendor: EBSCO Publishing

Designed for libraries in Australia and New Zealand, this multidisciplinary database includes a sizable full-text collection of leading regional an

Australian New Zealand Points of View Reference Center

Vendor: EBSCO Publishing

Australia/New Zealand Points of View Reference Centre™ is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present mu

Australian New Zealand Reference Center

Australian New Zealand Reference Center

Vendor: EBSCO Publishing

The Australia/NZ Reference Centre combines Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers & newswires, reference books, and company i

Beamafilm Movie Streaming Service

Vendor: Beamafilm

Australian, NZ and worldwide favourites