tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659016.post115136471240872597..comments2023-11-02T05:14:54.321-04:00Comments on OPL Plus (not just for OPLs anymore): I'D LIKE YOUR OPINION ON THIS...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659016.post-1151414914938641462006-06-27T09:28:00.000-04:002006-06-27T09:28:00.000-04:00Steven:From your description, it sounds more like ...Steven:<BR/><BR/>From your description, it sounds more like what you are doing is what I would call 'contracting', rather than 'outsourcing', but I don't know the full details of what your firm does. To me 'outsourcing' implies off-site operations, which doesn't sound like what you are doing.<BR/><BR/>I've come across some outsourcing firms (and I'm not suggesting here that yours is one of them)David Hookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16482201307120590763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659016.post-1151371553579076312006-06-26T21:25:00.000-04:002006-06-26T21:25:00.000-04:00I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand,...I have mixed feelings about this. <BR/><BR/>On the one hand, outsourcing library services makes sense for smaller firms that could not justify hiring a full-time librarian. I don't see a problem with that.<BR/><BR/>Where I do have a problem is with outsourcing companies that take advantage of the fact that:<BR/>a) Librarians are terrible at marketing themselves, generally speaking, and <BR/>b) David Hookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16482201307120590763noreply@blogger.com