Deborah Heller, Vice-Chair of AALL’s Committee on Vendor Relations (CRIV) will be presenting with Jason Sokoloff, Vendor Relations Chair of Academic Business Library Directors (ABLD), at The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) online conference, “Strategies for Strengthening Collective Dealings: an eDesiderata Forum,” on Wednesday, October 30, noon to 3:00 pm CT.
Deborah and Jason, scheduled to present at 1:45 pm CT, will discuss the unique and pivotal role of the ABLD and AALL consortia in facilitating communication between librarians and information providers in the areas of business and law, focusing on how these groups are able to collectively advocate for their members through their Vendor Relations programs.
To attend any of the conference presentations register here. You will be asked to create a CRL login account, but membership in CRL is not required.
The CRL’s 2019 eDesiderata Forum is focused on strategies for achieving greater strength in collective dealings with content producers and aggregators and best practices to achieve alignment of member interests and greater transparency and equitable terms and pricing.
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