[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Proposed change in Vendor Listing Policy

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi all,

This has been a great discussion so far!

In addition to hearing from the general user community, I'm also 
interested in hearing from the vendors who are part of our community. 
Please let us know what you think because I think we ultimately want to 
strike a balance between providing useful information to our users while 
also not imposing an undue burden on our vendor community.

Thanks!
Kathy

Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
klussier at masslnc.org
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On 9/8/2014 1:28 PM, Rogan Hamby wrote:
> No, I thank you for bringing up those points and I think you're right 
> we do seem to have a slightly differently view of the intent and so 
> these discussions are good to have.  I hope we will hear from more folks!
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Sharp, Chris 
> <csharp at georgialibraries.org <mailto:csharp at georgialibraries.org>> wrote:
>
>     Thanks again, Rogan, for the continued discussion on this.  I'm
>     glad we're able to air our respective opinions.
>
>     > There was some discussion during the meeting about it being
>     suggested
>     > versus required. To me those elements that make it more user
>     > friendly should be required or we start diluting the purpose.
>
>     Ah, here is where I think we're disagreeing.  From my perspective,
>     the purpose of the vendor page is to provide a simple directory
>     that gives our project's end users pointers toward potential
>     vendors for support.  What happens after the user sees these
>     listings is beyond the scope of that purpose, as I see things.  I
>     think our responsibility from the Evergreen community side ends at
>     making sure to the best of our ability that the listings *on the
>     page itself* are up-to-date and accurate.  I see a clear dividing
>     line between that responsibility and the responsibility of the
>     vendors to keep their web pages up to date.  I'm not generally for
>     laissez faire policies, but in this case, it seems that vendors
>     will do what's best to communicate their services to users without
>     us needing to add requirements to do so.
>
>     Having said that, I'm satisfied that I've been heard and I'll be
>     quiet now and let community consensus decide whether or not this
>     requirement becomes part of our vendor listing policy.
>
>     Thanks for hearing me out,
>
>     Chris
>
>     --
>     Chris Sharp
>     PINES System Administrator
>     Georgia Public Library Service
>     1800 Century Place, Suite 150
>     Atlanta, Georgia 30345
>     (404) 235-7147 <tel:%28404%29%20235-7147>
>     csharp at georgialibraries.org <mailto:csharp at georgialibraries.org>
>     http://pines.georgialibraries.org/
>
>
>
>
> -- 
>
> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
> York County Library System
>
> “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to 
> suit me.”
> ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>

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