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Ballard, Thomas H. – American Libraries, 1985
Examines arguments now being presented in support of public library networking and resource sharing and suggests ways to obtain harder evidence that might serve to legitimize these beliefs: estimate benefits, build in evaluation, support estimates of benefits, seek cheaper alternatives for accomplishing same goal, consider alternatives to…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Cost Effectiveness, Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation