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Peer reviewedVeitch, Natalie – RQ, 1972
How the Sellers Memorial Library added over 3,000 new items to its file at a cost of under one hundred dollars is told. (NH)
Descriptors: Budgets, Library Acquisition, Library Expenditures, Library Materials
Peer reviewedBudd, John M.; And Others – RQ, 1991
Examines interlibrary loan (ILL) charges for photocopied material at two academic libraries, the University of Arizona and the University of Nevada, Reno. Statistics were reported for separate academic units to determine which were the most active users and which were charged the most, and recommendations are made for dealing with ILL charges.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Peer reviewedLopez, Manuel D. – RQ, 1973
Cost benefit accounting is not being used in academic reference libraries today but administrators are beginning to require quantitative evaluation of services provided. Several systems are described and evaluated. (35 references) (DH)
Descriptors: Accountability, College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedClasquin, Frank F. – RQ, 1971
The viewpoint of the library magazine subscription agency is emphasized in this article on the libraries' acquisition of periodicals. (MM)
Descriptors: Library Acquisition, Library Expenditures, Periodicals
Peer reviewedWhite, Carl M. – RQ, 1970
Guideposts for the librarian are established on how to guard against buying information which is duplicated too heavily to do the collection any good. (MF)
Descriptors: Information Needs, Library Acquisition, Library Expenditures, Library Material Selection
Peer reviewedBonk, Sharon – RQ, 1990
Describes the structure of the interlibrary loan system in the United Kingdom and suggests implications for American libraries. The British Library Document Supply Centre (DSC) is explained; costs to borrowers and lenders are discussed; and strategic planning involving changing technology, politics, and economics is considered. (24 references)…
Descriptors: Costs, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Interlibrary Loans
Peer reviewedCossar, Bruce – RQ, 1973
The results of a two-month study on the costs of interlibrary loans at a small university are presented by using comprehensive tables. (3 references) (DH)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Costs, Interlibrary Loans, Library Expenditures
Peer reviewedKroll, Rebecca – RQ, 1979
Presents the May 1979 draft of the National Interlibrary Loan Code which contains general guidelines for the borrowing and lending of library materials: definition, purpose, scope, responsibilities of borrowing and lending libraries, expenses, duration of loan, and violation of code. (JD)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Interlibrary Loans, Libraries, Library Expenditures
