Probabilities of Success from Licensing

• Obtaining one of the most widely used systems

  • medium to high

• Obtaining a system that meets most of your needs

  • medium

• Obtaining a system much better than current system

  • unknown

• Having a system or vendor that goes defunct

  • low

NOTE: a recent survey of large research libraries showed the average life span of a licensed system was 9 years

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