Chapter 2. Selection and Procurement Strategies

Authors

  • Marshall Breeding

Abstract

The strategy for selecting and implementing a library services platform differs from what libraries may have experienced previously in the procurement of an integrated library system. Library services platforms come primarily as hosted services, replace multiple incumbent products, and manage different categories of resources. Those interested in open source options, such as Kuali OLE, will follow a much different set of processes than those licensing commercial products.

Author Biography

Marshall Breeding

Marshall Breeding is an independent consultant, speaker, and author. He is the creator and editor of Library Technology Guides (www.librarytechnology.org), a columnist for Computers in Libraries, and the editor of Smart Libraries Newsletter. He has authored the annual “Automation Marketplace” feature published most recently in American Libraries. Marshall has also edited or authored seven books, including Cloud Computing for Libraries, published in 2012. Formerly the director for innovative technology and research for the Vanderbilt University Library, he regularly teaches workshops and gives presentations internationally at library conferences. This is his twelfth issue of Library Technology Reports.

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Published

2015-05-14

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 4 (2015): May/June

Section

Chapters