LIS 502 - Tracking a Current Topic 

Since outsourcing of library services has management, economic, and financial implications, try searching a business-related article database such as ABI/INFORM complete.

Outsourcing and Privatization in Libraries

A guide prepared by the American Library Association (ALA), the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) containing statements, guidelines, checklists, and additional sources on the topic.

Outsourcing

A bibliography of recent writings about library outsourcing, on the ALA wiki. 

Librarian's Yellow Pages

A guide to suppliers of library equipment and services.  See "Library Services" for information about companies that contract for cataloging, consulting, digitization, staffing, etc.

Library Literature & Information Science Full Text

This article database uses the phrase 'contracts for library service' as a valid subject heading.

LISA

This article database uses the phrase 'contracting out' as a valid descriptor.