From: Laval Hunsucker <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:21:35 -0800 Ann, Perhaps you are already aware of a couple of published articles which are now somewhat dated but nonetheless quite relevant to the topic of your query, i.e.: Fries & James' "Library advisory boards: a survey of current practice among selected publishers and vendors" in _Journal of library administration_ 44.3/4 (2006), p.85-93. DOI: 10.1300/J111v44n03-08 and Forsman's "Advising a publisher on product development and pricing" in _Reference services review_ 33.1 (2005), p.49-53. DOI: 10.1108/00907320410519513. If not, then I hope that these references may be of some use to you. Festinans, - Laval Hunsucker Antwerpen, België