1. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T. Collaboration with Vendors: Participating in the Process Adam Chesler American Chemical Society North Carolina Serials Conference April 15-16, 2004

2. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T. Pre-Alpha Test u Be vocal: don’t be shy about making observations/comments (includes compliments AND criticisms) u Note competitors’ products/services you like/dislike u Arrange visits (vendors on campus, at conferences) u Leverage your membership organizations or other vendors (eg, sub agent) to get word out about ideas/comments

3. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T. Alpha/Beta Test u Alpha stage: specs drawn up, and prototypes developed Make your opinions known early and often Get a head-start on being a beta-tester u Beta stage: testing (eg, a dry run) Try out new service/product and supply feedback Not all fun/games: have to spend time learning/using/assessing product Ask for discount on finished product!

4. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T. Library Advisory Groups u Many vendors have them u Opportunity to take on-going role In product development In organization’s development u Will involve meetings and sometimes, travel (at a conference, at vendor’s office)

5. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T. Community-wide Groups u COUNTER (www.projectcounter.org) Usage statistics ARL, ACRL, ICSTI, NCLIS, STM, AAP/PSP, JISC, ASA, UKSG u NISO (www.niso.org) Standards across industry ALA, ASIS&T, ACS, Elsevier, ISI, EBSCO, Gale, ProQuest, OCLC, SIRSI, Infotrieve, Barnes & Noble u NFAIS (www.nfais.org) Information aggregators AEA, ATLA, BL, BIOSIS, CAS, HighWire, MMS, NLM, Ovid u NASIG (www.nasig.org) library-oriented, but vendors actively participate/join/lead u ALA (www.ala.org) Publisher/Vendor-Library Relations Interest Group Joint committee w/ AAP u CLIR/PSP Working group identifying shared concerns and leadership strategies

6. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T. Collaboration: Examples u Pricing PEAK: Elsevier/University of Michigan, Vanderbilt, etc. u Publishing Organic Letters: ACS w/ SPARC BioOne: AIBS, Allen Press, SPARC Project MUSE: JHU Press/Eisenhower Library u Standards SISAC: development of EDI initiatives u Licensing Faxon’s KLibrary: bibliographic/account management service u Distribution Hosting: University of Toronto, OhioLINK, others u Archiving LOCKSS: Stanford; numerous publishers Mellon Foundation-based efforts (Yale/Elsevier)

7. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T. Mutual Goals u Collection and data about users/usage of content u Reliable, permanent archive u Providing service for readers, authors u Development of standards/best practices u Healthier, co-operative environment and better products/services

8. A C S P U B L I C A T I O N S H I G H Q U A L I T Y. H I G H I M P A C T. Contact Information Adam Chesler Assistant Director, Library Relations/Sales 1155 16 th Street NW Washington, DC 20036 (781) 381-2814 or (617) 230-3201 a_chesler@acs.org