Electronic Resources Committee Meeting
The next meeting of the Electronic Resources Committee will be held on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at the Visalia Branch Library.
The next meeting of the Electronic Resources Committee will be held on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at the Visalia Branch Library.
The Administrative Council will meet on March 13, 2020 at 10AM at the Fresno Central Library, 2420 Mariposa St, Fresno CA 93721. The agenda will be posted at least 72 hours prior to the meeting.
The next meeting of the Automation Committee will be at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, January 22nd. The meeting will be held via Skype. Participating locations will be posted with the Agenda 72 hours prior to the meeting.
The next meeting of the Administrative Council will be on Friday, January 17, 2020 at the Woodward Park Regional Library, 944 E Perrin Avenue
Fresno, CA 93720. (559) 600-3135
The San Joaquin Valley Library System (SJVLS) seeks quotations from qualified vendors to provide subscription online indexing and abstracts to periodical and reference databases with graphical and full-text access covering a broad range of disciplines for the public library audience. These disciplines include, but are not limited to:
SJVLS also seeks quotes for specialized databases for
SJVLS serves the public library systems of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mariposa, and Tulare Counties, and the city/district libraries of Coalinga-Huron, Porterville, and Tulare. In all, SJVLS represents 10 library jurisdictions and 110 individual library locations including large urban, medium city/suburban, and small, isolated rural libraries. [Map of branch locations]
SJVLS attempts to provide the member libraries with services that can be performed more economically as a consortium than as individual libraries. Current consortium databases include full text periodical databases, full-text reference book articles, newspapers and specialty resources for researchers and small businesses. See the Scope of Work section for details of the resources sought.
A Vendor Teleconference is scheduled on Friday, November 22, 2019 at 1:30 PM PST.
Bidders are invited to participate in the teleconference by calling (712) 451-0200. Use access code 490349# to join the conference.
All submissions must be received by the date and time indicated as the Closing Date in the Key Dates section below. Proposals and quotes should be submitted to:
San Joaquin Valley Library System
2420 Mariposa Street
Fresno, CA 93721
RFQ Issue Date: | November 13, 2019 |
Vendor Teleconference: |
November 22, 2019 at 1:30 PM PST |
Deadline for Requests for Interpretations or Corrections of RFQ: | December 3, 2019 at 3:00 PM PST |
Response to Questions Posted: | December 4, 2019 |
RFQ Closing Date: | December 18, 2019 at 3:00 PM PST |
Vendor Presentations: | January 8-16, 2020 (exact date and location to be arranged) |
Trial Access to Database Package: | December 19, 2019 - January 31, 2020 |