> ALA OUTSOURCING TASK FORCE - December 12, 1997
>
> The following definitions are provided in the dictionary or
> encyclopedias identified:
>
> Contracting Out (1) The Oxford English
Dictionary, 2nd Edition. Claredon Press, 1989, p. 380.
>
> "To arrange to purchase (services for example)
by contract."
>
> (2) Random House Webster's College Dictionary.
Random House, 1997, p. 287
>
> "23. Contract out, to have an outside contractor
to produce or do; subcontract."
>
> Outsourcing (1) Knowledge Exchange Business
Encyclopedia. Lorraine Spurge, ed., Knowledge Exchange, 1997, p.
436.
>
> "Buying parts from outside suppliers for your
> manufacturing process..."
>
> "Contracting out for services. Traditionally,
companies have used contractors for such things as temporary help in a
crunch or to run the headquarters' cafeteria. But the phenomenon is
growing as companies pare down their payrolls. Many have found that
they can handle technical and logistical operations more efficiently by
outsourcing them."
>
> (2)Concise Dictionary of Library and Information
Sciences. Stella Kennan, ed., Bowker Saur, 1996, p. 153
>
> "Using the service of an external organization
to provide a system or service that could be provided
internally."
>
> (3) Random House Webster's College Dictionary.
Random House, 1997, p. 929.
>
> "To purchase (goods) or subcontract (services)
from an outside company."
>
> (4) Encyclopedia of Business. Gale Research,
1995, p 1131-2.
>
> "Outsourcing is when a company purchases
products or services from an outside supplier, rather than performing the
same work within its own facilities, in order to cut costs."
Privatization (1) Encyclopedia of Business. Gale
Research, 1995, p. 1178-9.
>
> "Privatization is an alternative to government
> production of goods and services that relies increasingly on
the private sector to satisfy residents' needs and less on
government. The term refers to a shift from public to private provisions of
> services. Typically, these services are those for which
absolutely private markets are considered deficient. The purpose of
> privatization is to take advantage of the perceived cost
efficiencies of private firms. Even after privatization, however, government
> intervention is necessary in order to ensure that satisfactory
> services are provided to residents. Privatization of public
services has been largely a "bottom up" experience in the United
States, with local governments in the forefront and state and federal levels
of government trailing behind."
>
> (2) International Encyclopedia of Business and
Management V.2, "Government, Industry and the Public Sector." Malcom
Warner, ed., Routledge, 1996, pp. 1692-3.
>
> "Privatization has many meanings. The most
limited form is contracting out to the private sector activities being
undertaken within a state organization; this process usually involved
competitive tendering. Almost any activity can be contracted out. The
most obvious are peripheral services such as cleaning and catering,
but activities slated for privatization could include architecture,
> design, computer services, transportation, engineering,
manufacture, repairs and maintenance, security, and even core activities at
the very heart of the state organization."
>
> (3) Random House Webster's College Dictionary,
Random House, 1997, p. 1036.
>
> "Privatize - To transfer public or government
control or ownership to private enterprise. To make private."
>
Lynn F. Sipe
Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs, Info. Services Division
University of Southern California, Doheny Library 100
Los Angeles, CA. 90089-0182
LSipe_at_calvin.usc.edu 213/740-2929 FAX 213/749-1221
Received on Tue Dec 23 1997 - 09:34:01 EST