Next Library Buzz--Getting the most out of vendor partnerships and negotiations

Library Buzz: Library Buzz: Getting the most out of vendor partnerships and negotiations
Presented by Richard Hulser (SL: Cybrarian Mondschein)
When: October 6, 2009 - 6pm PT/SLT
Where: Info Island Auditorium
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/62/114/33
NOTE: This session is in Second Life, please get a Second Life avatar and the client software here: http://www.secondlife.com

Now more than ever we are challenged with providing information services with dwindling budgets and time. Join Richard (Cybrarian Mondschein in Second Life) to learn how to initiate and strengthen partnerships with vendors and content services providers and optimize use of their products and services in your organization. We'll talk about how to determine what makes a good vendor partnership for you, and best practices to take the negative out of negotiations with some examples and scenarios that can make the negotiation process productive and fun.

Richard Hulser is principal, Richard P. Hulser Consulting, providing services for clients regarding content licensing and management, vendor partnerships and negotiation, technology strategy planning, and digital library implementation. He has always explored future trends and often an early adopter of new technologies, including involvement in Second Life. He was founder of the SLA Information Futurists Caucus, is an SIIA Certified Contents Rights Manager, a Fellow of SLA, and has served on the SLA Board of Directors. Hulser holds a B.S. in earth & space sciences, M.Ed. in instructional media, and M.A. in librarianship & information management.

The Library Buzz sessions are sponsored by the SLA in Virtual Worlds Advisory Council in partnership with the Alliance Virtual Library (AVL).