Division of Finance and Business Operations /
Procurement & Strategic Sourcing
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Detroit, Michigan 48202
(313) 577-3734
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January 27, 2015
Addendum 3 - Clarifications
RFI for Library Services Platforms
for DALNET
Dated January 15, 2015
Since the time of the release of the Request for Information (RFI) for Library Services Platforms purchase for the DALNET consortium, questions regarding the specifications have been submitted. Those questions and the University response appear below.
Question:
Could you please provide clarification for the electronic bib count – how many of these records are ebooks and how many are unique ejournal titles (deduplicated from the provider packages)?
Answer:
The number reported is primarily a bib count for ebooks. Although there may be a few bibs representing ejournals in the count, most ejournals are not represented in DALNET systems. The DALNET offices do not currently manage ejournals for member libraries but are seeking a new system that will provide Electronic Resource Management via an ERM and a Discovery Interface component.
For listings of journal databases subscribed to by each DALNET member, please see the following pages:
MeL (state-wide databases available to all members) -http://va9kx6en2s.search.serialssolutions.com/
ADAM -http://www.orchardlakelibrary.com/research/databases-e-resources/
CUAA -http://eu2nh8kc8e.search.serialssolutions.com/
DIA -http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us/dia/research.html
DMC -http://dalnet.ent.sirsi.net/client//dmc
DPL -http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.org/research-resources#databases
MCC -http://www.macomb.edu/future-students/student-resources/library/find-e-resources/index.html
Marygrove -http://ck9sq4gu2g.search.serialssolutions.com/
McLaren -http://catalog.dalnet.lib.mi.us/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=mtclemens&menu=tab121&ts=1422281373366
OCC -http://atoz.ebsco.com/Titles/1417?lang=en&lang.menu=en&lang.subject=en
OCL -http://www.oakgov.com/libraries/Pages/topics/databases.aspx
RC -http://journalfinder.wtcox.com/rochester/
THF -America: History & Life Database
UDM -http://research.udmercy.edu/find/databases/
Walsh -http://xd9nv2cu9f.search.serialssolutions.com/
WCCCD -http://qh9hh9bg5t.search.serialssolutions.com/
WSU -http://library.wayne.edu/resources/databases/
As a reminder, email your responses to Valerie Kreher, Email: (copy to Robin Watkins, at ). Remember, your bids must be in the format provided and be received in the Purchasing Department by February 9, 2015 by 4:00 p.m
All questions concerning this project must be emailed to:, Purchasing Department at Valerie Kreher and copy to Robin Watkins at by 12:00 p.m., January 26, 2015.
Do not contact DALNET or the University Library System, other University Units, or DALNET Member Institutions and Libraries directly as this may result in disqualification of your quotation.
Thank you
Valerie Kreher,
Senior Buyer
313-577-3720
CC: Steven K. Bowers, Participant list.