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Article
"Request for Proposal" or "Run for Protection?" Some Thoughts on RFPs from a Librarian and a Bookseller
Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
1-1-1996
Disciplines
Abstract
Increasingly, academic librarians are using the RFP (Request for Proposal) to assist them in selecting materials vendors. While this has been a common practice for integrated library system selection for some time, it is still a relatively new phenomenon in the acquisitions field. The authors, one a library administrator and the other a bookseller, review the pros and cons, pitfalls and benefits of using the RFP method for purchasing library materials.
DOI
10.1016/S0364-6408(96)00069-5
Publisher
Elsevier Science Ltd.
Citation Information
Schatz, B., & Graves, D. J. (1996). "Request for proposal" or "Run for protection?" Some thoughts of RFPs from a librarian and a bookseller. Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory, 20(4), 421-428. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0364-6408(96)00069-5