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73 -- COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES SOL NLM/SP 96-029/UHP DUE 051596 POC Uyen H. Phuong, Purchasing Agent, (301) 496-6127. It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine to negotiate with OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Dublin Ohio to provide professional services for: a) searching an outside bibliographic source (i.e., the OCLC OLUC) a minimum of 500 titles and a maximum of 784 titles in the Japanese language and returning uncataloged to NLM those for which copy is found; and b) providing original limited cataloging records for 500 - 784 Japanese language monographs and miltipart items. The services will include applying the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd edition (Revised 1988) (AACR2R), ALA-LC Romanization Tables (Published in 1991 by the Library of Congress), and the Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRIs) to descriptive cataloging and verification of name/series access points in the online authority file available via OCLC; assigning NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) descriptors and assigning class numbers to each monograph using the NLM Classification or the Library of Congress classification schemes. The work also involves application of transliteration rules, following the ALA-LC Romanization Tables, published in 1991 by the Library of Congress. OCLC Online Computer Library Center in Dublin, Ohio offers a trained library professional staff, with an in-depth knowledge of cataloging applying AACR2R and the Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRIs), and experience in a wide variety of foreign languages including Japanese. The staff is also knowledgeable in the application of the ALA-LC Romanization Tables. The staff also have experience in cataloging biomedical materials, including experience in cataloging biomedical materials, including experience in using MeSH and the NLM Classification. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. NLM Synopsis No. NLM/SP 96-029/UHP. (0107)

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