... Limited 2006 Library automation Purchasing Information management Library management Knowledge management systems Librarians seeking a detailed guide to the RFP process should still refer to Boss (1994) , which presents a template approach to writing an RFP, though the author has...

...David Ball This paper embodies research on the purchasing of electronic resources by public libraries. It sought to identify what works well and what is problematic with respect to the management of commercial products. Views were also sought on future development, and how procurement could best...

..., the technical and organisational preconditions, and the changes that were necessary to DP systems. The results are presented and the new situation of EDI versus the Internet is discussed. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Libraries Ordering systems Purchasing Electronic data interchange Special libraries...