Desperately Seeking a System.

Crowe, Linda; Light, Jane

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ERIC Number: EJ491525

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Desperately Seeking a System.

Crowe, Linda; Light, Jane

Library Journal, v119 n16 p42-44 Oct 1 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. (KRN)

Descriptors: Computer Software Selection, Computer System Design, Costs, Integrated Library Systems, Library Automation, Library Funding, Library Networks, Library Personnel, Library Planning, Online Catalogs, Public Libraries, Purchasing, Vendors

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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