Strategies for Selecting Vendors and Evaluating Their Performance--From the Vendor's Perspective.

Born, Kathleen

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Publication Date: 1992

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Strategies for Selecting Vendors and Evaluating Their Performance--From the Vendor's Perspective.

Born, Kathleen

Journal of Library Administration, v16 n3 p111-16 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, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Materials, Personality, Selection

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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