Library/vendor RelationshipsSam Brooks, David H. Carlson Psychology Press, 2006 - 232 lappuses A view of the mutual dependence between libraries and vendors As technology advances, libraries are forced to reach beyond their own resources to find effective ways to maintain accuracy and superior service levels. Vendors provide databases and integrated library systems that perform those functions for profit. Library/Vendor Relationships examines the increasing cooperation in which libraries find they must participate in, and vice versa, with the vendors that provide system infrastructure and software. Expert contributors provide insights from all sides of this unique collaboration, offering cogent perspectives on the give and take process that every librarian, publisher, and database provider/producer can use. The symbiosis between libraries and vendors of databases relies heavily upon open communication to achieve each one's beneficial results. Library/Vendor Relationships explores this partnership between profit and nonprofit entities in detail, focusing on issues of crucial importance for both sides. A variety of diverse types of libraries and vendors give voice to the multitude of issues facing them. Several charts, graphs, and other helpful visuals are included. Topics in Library/Vendor Relationships include:
Library/Vendor Relationships is stimulating, insightful reading for academic librarians, government librarians, public librarians, deans, directors, reference librarians, publishers, and database providers. |
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ALL HAWORTH INFORMATION PRESS | 1 |
Systematic Downloading | 10 |
The APA Experience | 25 |
A Book Vendor | 43 |
An Academic Publishers | 57 |
ANKOS and Its Dealings with Vendors | 69 |
A Survey of Current Practice | 85 |
LibraryVendor Relations from a Public Library Perspective | 95 |
Administering Change in an Uncertain | 113 |
A Software | 137 |
A Communication | 157 |
Business Science and the Common Good | 173 |
Electronic Discussion Lists | 203 |
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