Library/vendor Relationships

As technology advances, libraries are forced to reach beyond their 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 how libraries must cooperate with vendors-and vice versa-for 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. Several charts, graphs, and other helpful visuals are included. Book jacket.