Title Outsourcing library technical services : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians / Arnold Hirshon, Barbara Winters

Published New York : Neal-Schumer Publishers, [1996] ©1996

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W'PONDS	025.02 Hir/Olt		AVAILABLE

Description xii, 172 pages ; 28 cm + 1 computer disk (3 1/2 in.) Series How-to-do-it manuals for librarians ; no. 69 How-to-do-it manuals for libraries ; no. 69 Contents 1. Reengineering and Outsourcing -- 2. Getting Started in Outsourcing -- 3. Evaluating Current Operations and Available Options -- 4. Competitive Procurement: Overview of the RFP Process -- 5. RFP Specifications: Preparing the Boilerplate -- 6. Outsourcing the Acquisition of Books -- 7. Outsourcing the Acquisition of Serials -- 8. Outsourcing Cataloging -- 9. Evaluating Responses, Writing the Contract, and Monitoring Contract Compliance -- 10. The Human Factor in Outsourcing -- 11. Final Thoughts on Outsourcing Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and index Notes System requirements for computer disk: IBM or compatible PC Subject Cataloging -- Contracting out. Technical services (Libraries) -- United States -- Contracting out Technical services (Libraries) -- Contracting out -- United States. Library Technical Services. Library Technical Services. Author Winters, Barbara (Barbara A.) LC no. 96034025 ISBN 155570221X 1555702732 (disk)

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