Library staff are constantly engaged in collection development—but what about vendor product development practices? How do vendors decide when to bring a new resource to market? How do vendors go about finding content and forging strategies for developing new resources? What internal processes do vendors have to determine community needs, product viability, and other critical factors? Attendees will hear from leaders at both established and emerging vendors how their companies make decisions and develop products. Befitting the dialogue-oriented format, panelists will make sure to set aside time for questions and comments from the audience.
Library staff are constantly engaged in collection development—but what about vendor product development practices? How do vendors decide when to bring a new resource to market? How do vendors go about finding content and forging strategies for developing new resources? What internal processes do vendors have to determine community needs, product viability, and other critical factors? Attendees will hear from leaders at both established and emerging vendors how their companies make decisions and develop products. Befitting the dialogue-oriented format, panelists will make sure to set aside time for questions and comments from the audience.
Michael Rodriguez serves as Content & Scholarly Communication Strategist at Lyrasis, a US-based nonprofit membership organization and library consortium. He joined Lyrasis in June 2022 to help advance innovative licensing and open scholarship through vendor negotiations and strategic partnerships, ensuring that our member libraries gain maximum value on investment. He previously served as Collections Strategist at the University of Connecticut, where he led library collection development and strategic initiatives. A past president of the Association of College and Research Libraries' New England Chapter, Michael has published and presented widely and received the Library Journal Reviewer of the Year Award, NASIG Horizon Award, and Charleston Conference Up & Comer Award. More about Michael at https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2919-5588..
Stephen has 30 years’ experience in electronic publishing and libraries, with leadership roles at SilverPlatter Information, Chadwyck-Healey, Gale, Alexander Street, and ProQuest. He’s served on the boards of CLIR, the Digital Library Federation, Enwoven, and the University of California Press. In 2000 he cofounded and led Alexander Street Press to become an internationally recognized publisher and the largest vendor of streaming media into libraries. In 2019, he cofounded Coherent Digital. In his spare time, Stephen is a genealogist—researching that rather strange last name!
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