SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Japanese rare book cataloging services
- Notice Date
- 7/3/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20894
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-02-163-UHP
- Response Due
- 7/17/2002
- Archive Date
- 8/1/2002
- Point of Contact
- Uyen Phuong, Lead Purchasing Agent, Phone 301 496-6127, Fax 301 402-8169, - Karen Riggs, Contracting Officer, Phone 301 496-6546, Fax 301 402-0642,
- E-Mail Address
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PHUONGU@mail.nlm.nih.gov, RIGGSK@mail.nlm.nih.gov
- Description
- It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to procure professional Japanese rare book cataloging services on a sole source basis from Ms. Sachie Kobayashi. The NLM has approximately 1700 titles in Japanese, consisting of printed books (60%), manuscripts (30%), periodicals (5%), and visual materials (5%) dating from the 15th to the early 20th century which have only minimal records in the library catalog, OCLC and RLIN, and occasionally lack records altogether. The records, which exist usually, lack proper transcriptions and standard descriptive cataloging, including name authority work. An historian of Japanese medicine has examined the books and made notes and written historical abstracts in Japanese and cited bibliographies for many of them. Attached to these notes are photocopies of the title pages, colophons, and cover title pieces. The purpose of this procurement is to obtain cataloging services for the library's rare Japanese medical collection. The project entails: 1) examining photocopies and original copies of title pages, colophons, and other information of books, manuscripts and visual materials, as well as notes already prepared about the materials by an historical consultant; 2) searching titles in the OCLC WorldCAT, Kokusho somokuroku (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1989-1991), and other bibliographical sources; 3) creating or updating records for each item in OCLC or RLIN and exporting bibliographic records into NLM's local catalog and editing them there, all to the standards of Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (Chicago: ALA, 1998.) and Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books (Washington, DC: LC, 1991); 4) creating or updating name authority records for authors, editors, illustrators, former owners or other added entries needed for the bibliographic records. Ms. Sachie Kobayashi is the only known source capable of providing the cataloging services noted above. Ms. Kobayashi has a Master's Degree in Library Science and is fluent in spoken and written Japanese with an Associate's Degree from Yamanashi Eiwa College in Japan. Ms. Kobayashi has 8 years of experience in cataloging Japanese materials for Yamanashi Eiwa College, Kofu City Library, the University of Maryland and the Library of Congress. Ms. Kobayashi is currently obtaining training in Japanese rare book cataloging at the Library of Congress using LC standards and the rules laid out in Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books. The period of performance will be on-site for one (1) year with an option for one additional one-year period. The proposed acquisition will be procured under FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition. This is not a Request for Quotation (RFQ), nor is an RFQ available, however, all responsive sources may submit a proposal in a timely manner which will be considered by NLM. Firms interested in responding to the notice must be able to provide the referenced services as specified above. Responses must be in writing and must be received in the office within fifteen (15) calendar days from the publication date of this notice. Proposal must include pricing information. NLM Synopsis No. NLM 02?163/UHP. Inquires regarding this procurement may be made to Uyen H. Phuong, Lead Purchasing Agent, NLM on (301) 496-6127 or by email at phuongu@mail.nlm.nih.gov.
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Building 38A, Room B1N20, Bethesda, Maryland 20896
- Zip Code: 20896
- Zip Code: 20896
- Record
- SN00110624-W 20020705/020704052238 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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