MODIFICATION
R -- Digitization of Newspaper Pilot Project
- Notice Date
- 3/29/2017
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 519120
— Libraries and Archives
- Contracting Office
- Library of Congress, Contracts Services, Fedlink Section, 101 Independence Ave SE, LA-318, Washington, District of Columbia, 20540-9414, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20540-9414
- Solicitation Number
- LCFDL17RFP002
- Point of Contact
- Vanessa D. Fox, Phone: 2027070405, Contracting Officer,
- E-Mail Address
-
vfox@loc.gov, Flicc-cl@loc.gov
(vfox@loc.gov, Flicc-cl@loc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Digitization of Newspapers Pilot Project for the Library of Congress The Library of Congress FEDLINK program hereby issues a request for proposal to procure digitization services on behalf of the Library of Congress Preservation Reformatting Division. SCOPE: The Library has selected contemporary foreign newspapers, ranging from the 1980s to present, for a digitization pilot project to demonstrate converting newspapers directly from the paper originals using JPEG2000 specifications developed in 2016. The pilot will consist of a sample set of approximately fifty thousand to one hundred twenty thousand (50,000 - 120,000) pages, drawing materials from several curatorial divisions. All of these materials (100%) are published outside of the United States. Most of them (approximately 90%) are in foreign languages and could be in any script, including Arabic, Asian, and Cyrillic language scripts. Many volumes or issues may be brittle or deteriorated, with physical damage, such as torn pages. Some materials may be recently produced or published. Most of these materials (approximately 98%) are not camera ready and require full collation and targeting. The Contractor shall collect and pack materials in the Library's storage areas and transport them to the Contractor's facility. The Contractor shall perform all preparation for all digitization at the Contractor's facility. Volumes will be scanned at opening angles of 180 degrees. Depending on the nature of the material, scanning will be done under or on top of glass, or via sheet-feed equipment. The Contractor shall perform the conversion with staff experienced in this area of digital conversion. Digitization requirements are driven by the most current version of the information capture specifications (sampling rate, tone/amplitude resolution, encoding, etc.), quality guidelines, and content categories and digitization objectives recommended by the Still Image Group of the Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative ("FADGI"). http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/guidelines/digitize-technical.html DELIVERABLES: • Master files in JPEG2000 format • Derivative files: o OCR (with coordinates) (ALTO preferred). OCR output for non-English content will require use of up-to-date character recognition software, language-specific dictionaries and thesauri, and language identification by text block o PDF o Issue.xml file containing descriptive metadata that informs browsing and faceting in web presentation (METS preferred) • Final project report Deadline for questions is 5:00pm, Wed. March 29, 2017. FEDLINK services are used by federal libraries and information centers worldwide. Written responses should include prices and technical data sufficient to determine capability. No telephone calls will be accepted. Ref: LCFDL17RFP002 - DLCV. For further information on the Library of Congress FEDLINK program, please visit our website at: http://www.loc.gov/flicc.
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- Record
- SN04452169-W 20170331/170329235449-08f13cd9209308acec482e76f9a23719 (fbodaily.com)
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