SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- ANNOTATING AND EDITING SERVICES
- Notice Date
- 12/7/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 561990
— All Other Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Library of Congress, Contracts Services, Contracts Section, 101 Independence Ave SE LA-325, Washington, DC, 20540-9411
- ZIP Code
- 20540-9411
- Solicitation Number
- RFQNLS20050052
- Response Due
- 12/23/2004
- Archive Date
- 1/7/2005
- Description
- The Library of Congress National Library Services for the Blind & Physically Handicapped (NLS/BPH) has a requirement for annotating/editing service(s): NLS/BPH provides braille books and talking books for approximately 700,000 eligible patrons of the service nationwide. To serve its readers, NLS/BPH produces about 2,000 braille and talking book titles annually. Each of these titles carries a descriptive annotation in NLS/BPH catalogs to inform readers, network librarians, and other interested persons of what the title is about. The contractor shall provide such skills and labor as are necessary to annotate an average of twenty titles per week and/or edit twenty annotations a week (beginning no later than one week after the contract is awarded) in accordance with the requirements as set forth below and subject to the direction of the Head, Collection Development Section of NLS/BPH. The contractor shall be required to provide personnel to work on-site at NLS/BPH, 1291 Taylor Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20542. Suitable workspace will be provided at NLS/BPH, access to the PICS database will be provided through a computer terminal, and access to other information sources will be available through PC databases and the NLS/BPH reference collections. DESCRIPTION OF TASKS-- Contractor shall annotate assigned books in accordance with the NLS/BPH annotation manual, the Chicago Manual of Style, and other NLS/BPH guidelines. Annotating involves 1) perusing books, their reviews and other information sources at a level sufficient to synthesize and write a 50-words-or-less descriptive annotation (summary) about the book; 2) entering the annotation in the annotation screen of the PICS database record; 3) verifying and/or adding other appropriate bibliographic information from the book to the annotation screen, including title, author, co-author, subtitle, LC card number, series/sequel information, a one-line descriptor, subject category code, and format; 4) printing out a hard copy of the annotation for insertion in the annotation paperwork folder, and making appropriate entries on the folder prior to sending the title for editing. The contractor shall also edit assigned annotations in accordance with the NLS/BPH annotations manual, the Chicago Manual of Style, and other NLS/BPH guidelines. Editing involves checking annotations written by others with a view to catching and correcting any errors in content, spelling, grammar and style. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL-- Contractor must be available to work, as necessary, at the NLS/BPH premises located at 1291 Taylor Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20542, where the books to be annotated and the PICS database are located. Work schedule Monday through Friday between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Have the ability, knowledge and experience to work with on-line and and PC databases. Possess writing ability sufficient to compose English language annotations and a one-line description of the titles assigned in accordance with the NLS/BPH annotation manual and the Chicago Manual of Style, current edition. Possess editing ability to check annotations written by others to ensure they are error free and conform to the requirements of the NLS/BPH annotations manual and the Chicago Manual of Style, current edition. Contractor must possess knowledge of and experience in using bibliographic databases such as the Library of Congress catalogs, as well as knowledge of reader's guides and other reference sources sufficient to acquire information as necessary about titles to be annotated. Be capable of learning to work with the NLS/BPH PICS database. Offerors may submit quotes on or before the above due date via email or fax. All inquiries regarding this RFQ may be forwarded via email. This is the entire proposal--no further information will be provided.
- Record
- SN00718146-W 20041209/041207212217 (fbodaily.com)
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