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Peer reviewedKlingler, Tom – Journal of Library Administration, 1999
Provides a checklist of concerns for libraries planning to implement shared research databases in a consortium environment, based on experiences at OhioLINK. Highlights include database selection criteria, licensing, pricing, funding, vendor considerations, database profiling, custom data processing, hardware selection, database access,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Check Lists, Computer Selection, Computer Software
Crowe, Linda; Light, Jane – Library Journal, 1994
Describes how a public library consortium jettisoned the Request for Proposal (RFP) process and used library staff, with some assistance from consultants, to evaluate new automation systems based on software demonstrations and Requests for Quotations (RFQ). The RFQ and RFP processes are compared. A sidebar article describes the financing plan.…
Descriptors: Computer Software Selection, Computer System Design, Costs, Integrated Library Systems
