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Justifying Collection Budgets: Indexing Materials Costs.
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Dannelly, Gay N. – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Discusses the increased costs of library materials, the need for a new budgeting approach, and the impact of technology. The development of a library materials index that was developed at Ohio State University to provide a consistent source for measuring library materials expenditures against the marketplace is described. (Contains 14 references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Cost Indexes, Costs
How Will Libraries Pay for Electronic Information?
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Bierman, Kenneth J. – Journal of Library Administration, 1991
The availability of electronic information sources in libraries has revived the debate over user fees. As increasing amounts of information are available only electronically, the cost of providing access becomes higher and harder to predict. User fees help to defray the increased costs of electronic information while allowing libraries to continue…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Costs, Electronic Publishing, Fees
Digital Information and the Library: Planning and Policy Issues.
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Shaughnessy, Thomas W. – Journal of Library Administration, 1997
Addresses the topic of digital libraries from a planning perspective and examines policy issues. Discusses developing collections by providing access to remote files and/or creating a local collection; funding; considering what to digitize; copyright issues; storage costs; converting paper-based collections and catalogs; and reasons why to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrative Policy, Copyrights, Costs