R--Librarian Services - National Park Service - Midwest Regional Office - 601 Riverfront Drive - Omaha, Nebraska

R605 - Library servicesNAICS - 561110 - Office/Administrative Services (SBA small business size standard $7 million) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION; no award will be made as a result of this request. This request for information is for informational purposes only; this is not a Request for Quotation (RFQ) or Request for Proposal (RFP). All interested parties are encouraged to respond to this RFI. The Government will not pay for information and materials received in response to this RFI and is in no way obligated by the information received. The National Park Service is seeking parties interested in competing for librarian services at the Midwest Regional Office in Omaha Nebraska. The contractor would be required to catalog and classify approximately 300 new items per year in accordance with the Library of Congress Classification System -- books, serials, professional journals, videos, CD-ROMs and other materials received for inclusion into the Library collection. To include entry of new acquisitions into ProCite, the Library's electronic catalog system. The library presently has approximately 7,500 volumes in its collection. The library has particularly strong holdings in Midwestern and Western history and natural science. The contractor would maintain the library's electronic catalog to ensure that it provides an accurate and current record of the resources of the collection; prepare spine and check-out card labels using computer software and a computer printer; evaluate the collection in terms of its viability; deselect materials that have limited use to the Midwest Regional Office; recognize and store rare materials and materials published before 1900 into locked library bins; make notations on bibliographic records to indicate the location of such materials in the Special Collections area of the Library; provide formal and informal training for National Park Service personnel in the use of the library, especially the electronic catalog and inter-library loan systems. Knowledge and skills required by the contractor will include, but not be limited to: Professional knowledge of all aspects of library principles, concepts, methodology, operations, functions, and management of a specialized library; knowledge of the principles, theory, and practices of collection development including evaluation and selection of library materials; knowledge of personal computer, word processing, and database software procedures and the use of the Internet; skill in the use of the Library of Congress Classification System; skill in the use of the Pro-Cite electronic catalog system; skill in the use of the Voyager library database; National Park Service park planning and resource management processes; skill in training practices for presenting formal and informal training on library systems and the use of library resources; skill in the teaching library systems and the use of library resources to personnel at remote locations by telephone, fax, or email; and skill in communicating orally and in writing to resolve a variety of information access problems and to convey to National Park Service personnel the full scope of available library resources Work will be conducted onsite during one four-hour day per week throughout the term of the base period and optional periods (3). The contract would commence in October 2008 and run through September 2009, with possible option periods to the contract. The selected contractor must be currently registered and Central Contract Registry (CCR) and maintain a current registration in CCR throughout all periods of the contract. To notify the contracting office of your interest, please send the following information to George M Sievers at [email protected] - Company name, address, phone, contact name, eMail address no later than October 7, 2008 @ 1:00 pm (CST). A solicitation will be issued to those expressing an interest in providing the service.