The Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with over 158 million books, recordings, photographs, maps, films and video, sheet music, sound recordings, and manuscripts in its collections. Preserving its resources and making them available and useful to the Congress and the American people is a key part of the Library’s mission, and an aggressive digitization program supports that aim. They are now seeking a contractor to digitise two AV collections from the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, & Recorded Sound Division, and the Veterans History Project.
Digitization of Audio-visual Materials for the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress FEDLINK seeks digitization services on behalf of the Library of Congress for two units, the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, & Recorded Sound Division, and the Veterans History Project.
The MBRS selection consists of approximately 425 two-inch video tapes from the National Educational Television (NET) and Public Broadcasting System (PBS) collections, created in the 1960s and 1970s. These tapes are a subset of larger collections that exist on deteriorating media.
The VHP selection consists of moving image materials in a variety of formats, including VHS, S-VHS, VHS-C, S-VHS-C, Hi-8/Digital 8 videotape and 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm film. The focus of this VHP project is the most vulnerable formats. Note: there are two 35mm cellulose nitrate films, each about 5 minutes in length.
Master files, derivatives, and associated metadata shall be delivered according to the BagIt specification.
Digitization will take place at Contractor facilities located within the United States. The Contractor must provide round-trip transportation of original materials to/from their facility. The MBRS materials are housed in the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, VA; the VHP materials are housed at the Library of Congress in the Capitol Hill complex in Washington, DC.
The anticipated performance period is for one twelve month period.
Interested contractors should obtain contract documents at this link.
Deadline for the receipt of completed tenders: 11 September 2018
Contact:
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington DCÂ 20540
for the attention of: Janice Aiken
Contract Specialist
+1 202 707 0462
jaik@loc.gov
