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AALL Committee on Relations with Information Vendors

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• AALL Guide to Fair Business Practices for Legal Publishers

• Checklist for the Negotiation of Internet Subscriptions 

• Dealing with Telemarketers

• Divested Titles List

• Getting Results from Customer Service
• Glossary of Publishing Terms
• Legal Publishers List
• Making the Best Use of the Exhibit Hall
• Sample Letters to Law Library Vendors
• Sample Publisher Log

• Vendor Contact Information Grids 

AALL Continuing Professional Education Programs

Negotiation: Path to Collaboration

Do you get a sinking feeling when told you’ll have to negotiate a contract? Do you feel unprepared to actually engage in a negotiation process? Please join the webinar to explore the mechanics of engaging in a successful negotiation process. The webinar facilitator will be Sarah Nichols, Strategic Information Management Consultant with 25 years in strategic planning and operational effectiveness for information management, research and library functions within the professional services sector.

Date: May 13, 2009  

Cost: $45 AALL members; $60 non-members

Negotiating Contracts: Tips, Tricks and Tools

Audio recording from the 2007 Northeast Regional Law Libraries Meeting. AALL Members Only

Date: October 18, 2007

Games We Don't Want to Play: Negotiating Electronic Resources Contracts

Join the experts for a discussion on the types of contract clauses that can and can't be negotiated, tips on the art of negotiating and the advantages of consortial involvement in the negotiation and licensing process. AALL Members Only

Date: September 24, 2006

AALL Spectrum Articles

Happy Together

How to foster mutually-beneficial librarian-vendor partnerships

by Devin GawneMark and Sarah Nichols

AALL Spectrum, February 2009, vol. 13, no. 4

Copyright Empowerment

How law librarians can take an active role in negotiating license agreements

by Carol Schmitt

AALL Spectrum, September/October 2007, vol. 12, no. 1

Other Resources

• New England Law Library Consortium (NELLCO)

• Mid-America Law Library Consortium (MALLCO)

Vendor Pitfalls in Negotiating Large Multi-Year Contracts - or How to Lose a Million Dollar Contract

by Elaine Billingslea Dockens

LLRX.com, June 21, 2009

The Art of the Deal

The Power and Pitfalls of Consortial Negotiation

by Beth Ashmore and Jill E. Grogg

Searcher, March 2009, vol. 17, no. 3