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ERIC Number: EJ611664
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0008-820X
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Wrestling with a Trojan Horse: Outsourcing Cataloging in Academic and Special Libraries.
Abel-Kops, Chad P.
Catholic Library World, v70 n3 p175-77 Mar 2000
Focuses the issue of outsourcing cataloging in academic and special libraries. Examines the goal of outsourcing to increase production at reduced costs; a case of outsourcing at Wright State University of Ohio; confidentiality issues of outsourcing by law firms and other corporations; contracts; debates on "whether" and "what" to outsource; and selective outsourcing. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Cataloging, Change, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Catalogs, Library Technical Processes, Special Libraries
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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