New Consortium Purchasing Directory Edition IV Available from Frontline Global Marketing

["Laura Cox" <laura.cox@frontlinegms.com>]

March 2009 - Towcester, UK - Frontline Global Marketing Services 
Ltd (www.frontlinegms.com <http://www.frontlinegms.com/> ) 
announces the publication of the fourth edition of the Consortium 
Purchasing Directory, covering 337 library consortia world-wide.

The Consortium Purchasing Directory remains the most 
comprehensive guide to the library consortium market currently 
available. It provides profiles on library consortia that acquire 
content for their member libraries, or those that have announced 
that they intend to do so. These are primarily academic, medical, 
public, school and government libraries. The Directory is devised 
to assist publishers and vendors and in dealing with the library 
consortium market. It contains information on some of the key 
issues of negotiation and provides links to the statements of 
policy and principle from major library groups around the world 
and further resources such as licensing models.

The fourth edition of the Consortium Purchasing Directory 
contains regional and country information to aid publishers and 
vendors negotiate in each region. Each region is described with 
relation to the library consortium market. The Directory also 
includes economic, health and education statistics from the OECD 
and World Bank for further guidance.

About the Contents

The Directory contains a range of introductory information.  The 
main profiles are collated into 15 folders, each representing a 
region of the world.  The 15 regions are listed below (numbers in 
brackets represent the number of consortia in each region).

Each folder contains the regional background information and 
statistics. Each consortium profile contains information such as 
full contact details, member lists with links to contact details, 
products licensed, and any background information available such 
as aims and objectives, acquisition policy, financial details and 
consortium structure.  Where possible committee and boards are 
also listed and links provided to any relevant information such 
as model licences and FTE data.

1.	Multinational Consortia (5)
2.	Nordic Countries (7)
3.	UK & Eire (14)
4.	Benelux & France (8)
5.	Germany, Austria, Switzerland (13)
6.	Southern Europe (12)
7.	Central and Eastern Europe (25)
8.	Middle East (17)
9.	Africa (21)
10.	Central Asia (10)
11.	East Asia (14)
12.	South Pacific (12)
13.	South America and the Caribbean (11)
14.	USA (144)
15.	Canada (24)

The Consortium Purchasing Directory is available on CD ROM.  It 
can also be purchased in three sections: North America, Europe or 
the Rest of the World.

Discounts are available for ALPSP small and medium-sized members.

For further information, sample entries and pricing please 
contact us at:

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