Diminishing acquisition budgets, big deal break-ups, and rising inflationary costs make negotiations between librarians and vendors even more important. With a review of the literature and a short survey among peer institutions, this brief study looks to investigate if there is a perceived gender-bias in vendor-librarian negotiations.
2/5/2018 - Update!! Do you think that gender influences vendor-library negotiations on pricing and licenses? Come to our presentation and hear what 200 librarians and vendors think about that! Survey results are in and the perceived gender issues are very real and quite interesting. Hear the story and what people had to say, and tell us how you feel on the topic.
Electronic Resources Librarian, Brown University Library
Anne has been at the Brown University Library for 26 years, first as Assistant Head of Reference and Head of Interlibrary Loan. Along the way, someone realized that all of the eresources work she had been doing (in addition to the other two jobs) was really a full-time job, and so... Read More →
Amy Thurlow has been with EBSCO Industries Inc for over thirteen years during which she has primarily been in a sales role working directly with clients within the library to negotiate pricing, contracts, and terms for databases and software. She is familiar with working with individuals... Read More →
