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Strategies for Selecting Vendors and Evaluating Their Performance--From the Vendor's Perspective.
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Born, Kathleen – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Presents the vendor's perspective on how libraries choose and evaluate a vendor's performance. Characteristics of vendors are described, including being profit-oriented, market-driven, and highly competitive; issues in the three basic areas of service, price, and automation are discussed; and the influence of personality is considered. (LRW)
Descriptors: Competition, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Library Acquisition
Evaluation and Support of Internet Software.
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Watson, Mark; Callahan, Daren – Information Technology and Libraries, 1996
Discussion of Internet software and its use in libraries focuses on a software evaluation program at the undergraduate library at Southern Illinois University. Highlights include staff training for information technology, availability and selection of shareware and freeware, and an evaluation form for Internet software. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Evaluation Methods
Feasibility Study for an Automated Library System. Final Report.
Beaumont and Associates, Inc. – 1989
This study was initiated by the Newfoundland Public Library Services (NPLS) to assess the feasibility of automation for the library services and to determine the viability of an integrated automated library system for the NPLS. The study addresses the needs of NPLS in terms of library automation; benefits to be achieved through the introduction of…
Descriptors: Computer Software Selection, Databases, Evaluation Methods, Feasibility Studies
Nailing Jell-O to the Wall? Collection Management in the Electronic Era.
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Galbreath, Robert – North Carolina Libraries, 1997
Discusses collection management in academic libraries in light of computer-mediated access to remote electronic databases and online resources. Topics include the library collection, ownership of versus access to information, the selection process, collection evaluation, collection development policies, materials budget, serials, and user liaison.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Databases, Evaluation Methods
Cooperative Dialogue: Using an Instrument to Empower.
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Vandergrift, Kay E. – Voice of Youth Advocates, 1994
Discusses cooperation between school and public libraries and presents a self-evaluation inventory that can be used for implementation and evaluation by school library media specialists and public library youth services librarians. Highlights include communication; technology and electronic media; sexual harassment; and selection of sensitive…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Information Services for Secondary Schools. Greenwood Professional Guides in School Librarianship.
McDougald, Dana; Bowie, Melvin – 1997
This comprehensive, practical and up-to-date guide will help the preservice and inservice library media specialist to develop an information services program to meet the changing curricular needs of high schools and to integrate information access and usage skills into the total school curriculum. Chapter 1 provides practical suggestions for…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Evaluation Methods, High Schools