Library/Vendor Relationships - Hardback

A view of the mutual dependence between libraries and vendor
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 options for preventing systematic downloading of materia benefits and challenges of delivering products on multiple platformsusing the American Psychological Association’s experiences as a case stud book vendors’ efforts to help libraries become more efficien comprehensive online support services to help increase interaction between libraries and academic publisher Anatolian University Libraries Consortium’s effective relationship with vendor publisher and vendor use of library advisory boards to provide needed feedbac a review of the database marketplac fostering a good relationship between library and vendo the future of government libraries in an increasingly technological ag collaboration in standards developmen integrated ecommerc the relationship between OCLC and member institution libraries’ position between commerce and scienc vendor/community college library relationship e-mail discussion list and more! Library/Vendor Relationships is stimulating, insightful reading for academic librarians, government librarians, public librarians, deans, directors, reference librarians, publishers, and database providers.