Comparing the purchasing process in Finnish and Chinese University libraries
Wan, Lu (2007)
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Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu
2007
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2010110114047
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Increasing competition in the global environment has forced managers to find competitive advantages inside or outside of their organizations. Purchasing and supply is an essential part of doing business and being competitive. As a result, the importance of purchasing and supply management has been recognized in recent years. The process has started from product-centred, moved to process-centred and is now called performance-centred.
The library is the information and literature centre of a school and it undertakes many responsibilities. Thus, the purchasing and maintenance of a library’s literature collection has always been important and difficult for a library to manage. Therefore, improving the quality and quantity of purchased literature with limited funds and satisfying every customer is of utmost importance.
The aim of this thesis is to study and compare the purchasing processes of the chosen Finnish and Chinese university libraries in order to find out the similarities and differences and at the same time to develop an improvement plan for the chosen Chinese University library.
The chosen Finnish university and its library is Helsinki School of Economics (HSE), the largest and leading business school in Finland which produces international research of high standard, teaching based on research, and serves business and society. Its main building is centrally situated in Helsinki. The HSE Library has also acted as a repository of economic research since the 1910s. It is also called Helecon Information Centre. It is Finland’s leading library in economics, and it specializes in the follow-up of the latest international research and in communicating its results.
The chosen Chinese university and its library is the new Wuhan University of Technology, (WUT) which was established in May 27, 2000. The three predecessors of the new University include: the former Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) founded in 1948, Wuhan Transportation University (WTU), founded in 1945 and Wuhan Automotive University (WAU) founded in 1958 under the China National Automotive Industry Corporation. The WUT library system has a centre library, three Campus branch libraries, two branch libraries and 22 faculty libraries.
The library is the information and literature centre of a school and it undertakes many responsibilities. Thus, the purchasing and maintenance of a library’s literature collection has always been important and difficult for a library to manage. Therefore, improving the quality and quantity of purchased literature with limited funds and satisfying every customer is of utmost importance.
The aim of this thesis is to study and compare the purchasing processes of the chosen Finnish and Chinese university libraries in order to find out the similarities and differences and at the same time to develop an improvement plan for the chosen Chinese University library.
The chosen Finnish university and its library is Helsinki School of Economics (HSE), the largest and leading business school in Finland which produces international research of high standard, teaching based on research, and serves business and society. Its main building is centrally situated in Helsinki. The HSE Library has also acted as a repository of economic research since the 1910s. It is also called Helecon Information Centre. It is Finland’s leading library in economics, and it specializes in the follow-up of the latest international research and in communicating its results.
The chosen Chinese university and its library is the new Wuhan University of Technology, (WUT) which was established in May 27, 2000. The three predecessors of the new University include: the former Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) founded in 1948, Wuhan Transportation University (WTU), founded in 1945 and Wuhan Automotive University (WAU) founded in 1958 under the China National Automotive Industry Corporation. The WUT library system has a centre library, three Campus branch libraries, two branch libraries and 22 faculty libraries.