Description
The State of Maryland, Department of Labor, Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning, Correctional Education Program, is soliciting proposals from qualified vendors to provide youth and young adult print library materials for Correctional Education libraries serving incarcerated students under the age of 21. The contract will be for a period of one year, with a total planned expenditure of $190,000. The contractor will be responsible for providing shelf-ready processing services, including barcode application, spine label application, and cataloging and MARC record delivery. The contractor will also be required to deliver materials to 12 correctional education library locations in Maryland.
Key aspects of the job include:
• Providing youth and young adult print library materials for Correctional Education libraries
• Delivering materials to 12 correctional education library locations in Maryland
• Providing shelf-ready processing services, including barcode application, spine label application, and cataloging and MARC record delivery
• Ensuring compliance with required purchasing structure per site, including 50% nonfiction, 25% general fiction, and 25% manga/graphic novels
• Maintaining internal controls to track expenditures by site and category