Outsourcing in Libraries: Tactic, Strategy, or "Meta-Strategy"?.

Marcum, James W.

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ERIC Number: EJ561388

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Publication Date: 1998

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Outsourcing in Libraries: Tactic, Strategy, or "Meta-Strategy"?

Marcum, James W.

Library Administration and Management, v12 n1 p15-25 Win 1998

Provides background and context for the issue of outsourcing. Illustrates the practice as it exists in libraries. Offers a model for analyzing outsourcing alternatives and a scenario for testing the model, and suggests alternate approaches for management. (Contains 52 references.) (AEF)

Descriptors: Decision Making, Information Services, Information Technology, Library Administration, Library Development, Library Technical Processes, Models, Trend Analysis, Vendors

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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