Patty Ayala

Patty Ayala

This session promises not to be academic in nature, as it is based on the experiences of one librarian who navigated the maze and ultimately got good deals! The topic will be covered by Patty Ayala who relays her own experience in learning how to get the best deals from vendors. Patty insists that everything she learned, she learned while negotiating for two years while working for the Statewide Database Licensing Project of the Washington State Library. Her talk will be subjective and experiential in nature, but will provide valuable tips that she picked up along the way. Her new job working as a vendor for the ProQuest Company will also enable her to give participants a bit of a view from the other side of the contract fence.
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Patty Ayala has been a reference librarian, public library director and Washington State Library employee. Currently, she is working as a Database Specialist Sales Associate for the ProQuest Information and Learning Company. Patty is currently a member of the Washington State Library board, and will co-chair the 2004 WLA/PNLA Conference. In addition to her M.L.S., Patty also holds a M.A. in English Literature. She loves to read, attend the opera and spend time at the soccer matches of her 13-year old daughter. Patty lives in Olympia, Washington.