ISBN: 9781440859397

Description: xxiv, 299 pages ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

• RFP theory, practice, and planning / Frances C. Wilkinson and Sever Bordeianu
• Writing and evaluating RFP's / Frances C. Wilkinson and Sever Bordeianu
• RFP's for library collections: preparing, writing, evaluating, and follow-up / Lee Sochay
• RFP's for academic library collections: selecting a serial vendor / Susanne K. Clement and Christine N. Sraha
• RFP's for public library collections / Dana D. Vinke
• RFP's for school library collections / Shannon D. Pearce
• Negotiating collections for consortia: RFIs/RFQs / Anne E. McKee
• Academic libraries and academic library consortia proposal process for integrated library systems / Lea J. Briggs
• Public libraries and public library consortia proposal process for integrated library systems / Christopher Holly
• Radio-frequency identification security and inventory systems: the request for quotation / Catherine Jannik Downey
• Procuring digitization services for library collections: a practical overview / Kyle R. Rimkus
• Services for emergency/disaster recovery / Edward Castillo-Padilla
• Words that bind: using the RFP process to select a binder / Laura Kohl
• Vendors' perspectives on collections RFP's / Justin D. Clarke and Patricia M. Rodgers
• The librarian-vendor relationship / Stephen Bosch
• Vendors' perspectives on library system RFP's / Andrew K. Pace
• Ethics for the RFP process / Sever Bordeianu and Frances C. Wilkinson.

Control Number: 2596371

Subjects:

• Library finance.
• Requests for proposals (Public contracts)

Other Authors:

• Bordeianu, Sever, editor.
• Wilkinson, Frances C., editor.