aserl-collection-strategy Mailing List: FW: Authority Control at Backstage

[Rebecca Crist, ASERL (rebecca]

Hello, Collections colleagues,
I just wanted to pass along this offer from Backstage, which I've already sent 
to our Government Documents lists.

MARCIVE announced the cessation of their operations effective the end of the 
year, and the GPO then announced the termination of their Cataloging Record 
Distribution Service. This combination leaves some libraries in the lurch for 
handling the work of ingesting government information records. Shortly 
afterward we received word that Backstage Library Services has a significant 
promotional discount through the end of the year that might help libraries with 
continuing authority control processing.

Here is a 
link<https://bslw.com/authority-control/transitioning-authority-control-processes/>
 to a page we developed on our website to talk through how our services work - 
ultimately, they are very similar to MARCIVE's although the names and terms are 
different.

Your gov info folks may have thoughts to share with you. Backstage has been 
very responsive and will be happy to answer any of your questions. If you'd 
like more information, please contact Alexandra Parran at aparran [at] 
bslw.com<mailto:aparran [at] bslw.com>.

--Rebecca


Rebecca Crist
Program Coordinator for Shared Collections Resources
ASERL, the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries
540 Asbury Circle, Suite 316
Atlanta, GA 30322-1006
rebecca [at] aserl.org<mailto:rebecca [at] aserl.org>


From: Alexandra Parran <aparran [at] bslw.com<mailto:aparran [at] bslw.com>>
Sent: Monday, December 9, 2024 2:43 PM
To: John Burger, ASERL <jburger [at] aserl.org<mailto:jburger [at] aserl.org>>; 
Elaina Norlin <enorlin [at] aserl.org<mailto:enorlin [at] aserl.org>>
Subject: Authority Control at Backstage

Hello John and Elaina!
With the closing of MARCIVE on 12/31/24, we have been speaking with more 
libraries about the importance of continuing authority control processing. 
Backstage offers this service and more. Due to the timing of this event and the 
budget challenges that it presents, we are offering an initial onboarding 
process (or "Basefile Processing") at a substantial discount for those 
libraries that can sign with us by the end of the year. As a note, because the 
promotional pricing we are offering is on average a 70% - 80% discount, our 
usual 8% discount with ASERL wouldn't apply.

Ongoing authority control, such as with our notification services, does not 
fall within our regular network agreement. However, we hope the promotional 
discount to start with a new provider could be great news for libraries looking 
for alternative data solutions.
Would you be willing to share this information with your libraries with these 
points in mind? I'm happy to put together an email that provides details about 
the promotional discount, who to contact, and includes a link to a resource 
page we've developed to help answer some questions. I will also be discussing 
the deadline with our product expert to make certain the end-of-year timeline 
is static - there is a chance we may be able to extend it.

Let us know if there are other ways Backstage could be of assistance.

Best,
Alex


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Alexandra Parran  |  Marketing Manager  |  Backstage Library Works

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