<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">[This
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any duplication]</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The University of Maryland College Park has issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) on behalf of the University System of Maryland & Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) Library Consortium. <span style="text-align:justify">The objective of this procurement is to acquire an online, web-based Electronic Resource Management System (ERMS) for facilitating and tracking electronic resources for USMAI.</span><br></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The RFP is available online through the Maryland Marketplace portal: </font></span><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://tiny.cc/USMAIERMSRFP" target="_blank">http://tiny.cc/<wbr>USMAIERMSRFP</a> </font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:justify">USMAI intends to acquire and use an electronic resource management system (ERMS) that is either hosted by the vendor or locally installed at the University of Maryland Libraries. The purpose of the ERMS is to be a central, shared repository for electronic resource data, a workflow management and license-tracking tool for electronic resource activities, a harvester and report generator for usage statistics, and other capabilities associated with effective management of the USMAI consortium’s electronic resources. Additional considerations for the proposed ERMS include capabilities and functionality to support the local or member library level as USMAI member libraries acquire electronic resources direct with vendors and/or via another consortium. Having an ERMS that fulfills both the consortial and local level of electronic resource management functions in the same platform is highly preferred.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></font></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></font><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">For more information regarding this solicitation, please contact:</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Maria G. Gutierrez</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tel: <a href="tel:(301)%20405-5829" value="+13014055829" target="_blank">301-405-5829</a></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:Mggl19@umd.edu" target="_blank">Mggl19@umd.edu</a></font></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-3383114471849113677gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2">Erica Owusu, </font><font size="1">MSIS</font></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:small">Acquisitions & Licensing Coordinator</span><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2">USMAI Library Consortium</font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2"><a href="http://usmai.org/" target="_blank">http://usmai.org/</a> <br></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><a href="mailto:owusu.infoprof@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font size="2">owusu.infoprof@gmail.com</font></a></div><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2"><a href="tel:(817)%20657-9274" value="+18176579274" target="_blank">(817) 657-9274</a> cell</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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