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Peer reviewedMacLeod, Leo – Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances, 1998
Discusses providing an onsite coffee bar in a public library; includes guidelines for feasibility assessment, writing a request for proposal, and working with vendors. Weighs the advantages and disadvantages of working with big vendors and choosing a cart or a full-scale cafe. (PEN)
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Food Service, Program Proposals, Public Libraries
Peer reviewedWittorf, Robert – Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances, 1998
Describes the process for outsourcing photocopying including developing a clear request for proposal, monitoring and responding to vendor performance, and ensuring quality controls in academic libraries. (Author/PEN)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Library Expenditures
Peer reviewedDuchin, Douglas – Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances, 1998
City University of New York libraries turned to outsourcing of cataloging and acquisitions when the library technical services departments of the 19 colleges consolidated into one office. Discusses how needs of the colleges were determined, costs of technical services, how a vendo was located, and the results of the decision to outsource.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Costs, Higher Education
