Toward a methodology of evaluating serials vendors

Widely dispersed placement of serial orders at the General Library, University of California at Irvine, prompted a decision to consolidate. Over 2,800 subscriptions and standing orders, formerly placed with a variety of agents or ordered directly from publishers, were converted to a new account with a serials agent. This article describes the decision process, selection of an agent, and implementation of the conversion.

Doris E. New

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Serials agency conversion in an academic library