Buyer-Seller Working Group

Are you an employee of an SIIA member company and interested in joining this working group?  Please contact Jenny Hansen our SIIA Content Division Program Manager about joining.

Meets:  Ad Hoc

Chairs: Robin Neidorf, FreePint

 

Overview:

The Buyer-Seller Working Group consists of professionals from SIIA member companies and SLA Members who are involved in the selling and purchasing of enterprise-class information products.  The working group meets monthly to act as an advisory group to the Buyer-Seller Project, discuss issues and challenges they are facing and to network.

Mission:

• Networking and professional development of those participating in the Working Group.
• Identifies key issues and trends related to buying and selling information products into the enterprise.  
• Educate professionals in the information industry about the technology, business and strategic issues related to buying and selling enterprise-class information products.  

Meeting Format:

Meetings are held monthly.  Each meeting is by phone (although if there is an opportunity to have a meet-up at a conference, we do so) with a goal to go through the agenda in about 45 minutes. The meetings agendas are focused on:

• Networking
• Discussing common issues of the SIIA and SLA member professionals in the group
• Coordinating upcoming programs the group is working on behalf of the membership

Meeting Calendar:

Feel free to check out the Content Division Calendar for the most up-to-date schedule of meetings.  The Content Division Calendar lists all of our Working Group meetings, conferences, webinars and other events.

Programs:

Beyond networking and professional development, the Buyer-Seller Working Group drives a number of initiataives on behalf of the SIIA membership around the areas of content and technology.  For a complete list of activities, on-demand webinars, resources and archives, please visit the Buyer-Seller Project Program page.