Investigation And Analysis Of University Library Outsourcing Of Anhui Province

The business outsourcing of university libraries refers to the businesses or activities such as offering the books by the service provider on contract which owns to the library. This is a new administrative method according to the outsourcing of the industry factories. Outsourcing originated in business, libraries management draws on this advanced mode, and applies to the field of library services. The purpose of the libraries’ business outsourcing is to apply specialized resources to complete some of the non-core and complementary business. It makes up the libraries’ lack of human resources, reduces operating costs, improves service quality. It makes libraries to focus on its core business services, such as reference service, university library services, etc. Libraries outsourcing uses many basic theories, such as division of labor theory, value chain theory and core competitiveness theory, etc. Basic theories are strong support for the emergence and development of libraries outsourcing. Also it analyzes the library business outsourcing’s conditions of development, and introduces the present situation of academic library’s business Outsourcing.This paper systematically combs the library outsourcing theories including the real meaning of libraries business outsourcing, main kinds and models. Also it analyzes the library business outsourcing’s conditions of development, and introduces the present situation of university libraries’ business outsourcing. Further more, according to the research on the conditions of library business outsourcing’s development. This paper introduces some business like book-in, working on the books and so on. University Libraries outsourcing is a double edged sword. It brings benefits to the library, at the same time, it brings some practical problems such as cost issue, quality issue, legal issue. Aiming at library business outsourcing in practice, this paper expounds the problems of academic library outsourcing strategy implementation, such as problem of quality and legal questions. This paper comes from three parts, likely, analysis of the library business outsourcing, practice and management, evaluation of this business outsourcing. Also it points out the risk that library business outsourcing exists, and how to control the risk, of course maintain the balance. Assessment studies for the library business outsourcing acts an important guiding role in academic library’s decision and risk controlling. So far there are no corresponding standards for library business outsourcing management. Assessment index also just gives a great goal with something good effect which lacks of detail.This paper is trying to establish a basic model for libraries business outsourcing assessment from the operation cost benefit, human resource efficiency, time efficiency, quality and efficiency and so on. This paper investigates university libraries outsourcing of Anhui province, in order the libraries in this country will get some reference for library business outsourcing.University Libraries Outsourcing range continues to expand, the outsourcing market is constantly mature, the library community should be more in-depth study of outsourcing. Outsourcing has become an inevitable choice for the university library, and they should always be as outsourcing leader, prompting the University Library evolving toward a favorable direction.