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D -- CRS IMAGE SYSTEM CONVERSION TO OPEN STORAGE SUBSYSTEM SOL IN96C-18 POC Katherine M. Phillips, Contracting Officer, 202-707-0400. The Library of Congress intends to negotiate with IA Corporation of 1900 Powell St., Watergate Tower, Suite 600, Emeryville, CA 94608, for services required to convert image data stored in the CRS Imaging System database from the current proprietary format employed by IA Corp. when the system was originally developed by that firm, to standard non-proprietary TIFF format. Services required will include modifying application software to store new data in TIFF; moving the data store from optical disk to RAID, thereby expanding capacity and improving response time; and establishing a RDBMS index, consistent with the Library's technology plans for its Legislative Information System. The CRS Imaging System was custom designed for the Library by IA Corp. under a prior contract. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. SEE NOTE 22. (0185)

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