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A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T. Collaboration with Vendors: Participating in the Process Adam Chesler American Chemical Society North Carolina Serials Conference April 15-16, 2004
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A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S
H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.
Collaboration with Vendors:Participating in the Process
Adam CheslerAmerican Chemical Society
North Carolina Serials ConferenceApril 15-16, 2004
A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S
H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.
Pre-Alpha Test
Be vocal: don’t be shy about making observations/comments (includes compliments AND criticisms)
Note competitors’ products/services you like/dislike
Arrange visits (vendors on campus, at conferences)
Leverage your membership organizations or other vendors (eg, sub agent) to get word out about ideas/comments
A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S
H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.
Alpha/Beta Test
Alpha stage: specs drawn up, and prototypes developed Make your opinions known early and often Get a head-start on being a beta-tester
Beta stage: testing (eg, a dry run) Try out new service/product and supply
feedback Not all fun/games: have to spend time
learning/using/assessing product Ask for discount on finished product!
A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S
H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.
Library Advisory Groups
Many vendors have them Opportunity to take on-going role
In product development In organization’s development
Will involve meetings and sometimes, travel (at a conference, at vendor’s office)
A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S
H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.
Community-wide Groups
COUNTER (www.projectcounter.org) Usage statistics ARL, ACRL, ICSTI, NCLIS, STM, AAP/PSP, JISC, ASA, UKSG
NISO (www.niso.org) Standards across industry ALA, ASIS&T, ACS, Elsevier, ISI, EBSCO, Gale, ProQuest, OCLC,
SIRSI, Infotrieve, Barnes & Noble
NFAIS (www.nfais.org) Information aggregators AEA, ATLA, BL, BIOSIS, CAS, HighWire, MMS, NLM, Ovid
NASIG (www.nasig.org) library-oriented, but vendors actively participate/join/lead
ALA (www.ala.org) Publisher/Vendor-Library Relations Interest Group
• Joint committee w/ AAP CLIR/PSP
Working group identifying shared concerns and leadership strategies
A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S
H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.
Collaboration: Examples
Pricing PEAK: Elsevier/University of Michigan, Vanderbilt, etc.
Publishing Organic Letters: ACS w/ SPARC BioOne: AIBS, Allen Press, SPARC Project MUSE: JHU Press/Eisenhower Library
Standards SISAC: development of EDI initiatives
Licensing Faxon’s KLibrary: bibliographic/account management service
Distribution Hosting: University of Toronto, OhioLINK, others
Archiving LOCKSS: Stanford; numerous publishers Mellon Foundation-based efforts (Yale/Elsevier)
A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S
H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.
Mutual Goals
Collection and data about users/usage of content
Reliable, permanent archive Providing service for readers, authors Development of standards/best
practices Healthier, co-operative environment
and better products/services
A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S
H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T.
Contact Information
Adam Chesler
Assistant Director, Library Relations/Sales
1155 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
(781) 381-2814 or (617) 230-3201
