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Stanford University Libraries Redesign Report
Risks To Weigh
The Team started to build a list of risks that
the various implementation teams can use as they
begin their process of putting the
recommendations into place. As more risks are
articulated in the process of community
discussion, they will be recorded and added to
this list.
- Vendors or utilities might not have the
desired capabilities in place when needed to
meet our cost-reduction target; over the course
of our implementation, vendors or utilities
might make dramatic changes to services and/or
prices for materials or services that
negatively affect our cost savings
- Integrity of the various files that make up
our database is in jeopardy as processes become
more automated and out of our direct control
(e.g., adding new records or holdings from a
variety of sources; overlaying of "matching"
records based on machine-matching criteria;
adding vendor-supplied holdings, item, ordering
data)
- LC classification numbers used by vendors
as the basis of approval plans might differ
from those that would be assigned for shelf
classification purposes
- Preservation staff no longer will be in the
position to check virtually every item before
entry to the collections; vendors' judgments on
binding monographs, based on SUL guidelines,
are less controlled than local judgments
- Reduced staff FTE might affect language
flexibility needed to support processing.
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