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Peer reviewedLynden, Frederick C. – College and Research Libraries, 1988
Discusses the need for standard and reliable sources of data on the costs of foreign library materials. A survey of price data available from vendors, bookselling associations, and librarians in France, Germany, and the Netherlands is described, and progress toward standardized price indexes is examined. (22 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cost Estimates, Cost Indexes, Data Collection
Fenelonov, E. A. – 1979
The development and use of library statistics in the Soviet Union and systems of reporting are discussed in this speech by E.A. Fenelonov, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic, and are compared with statistical development in the United States by Vernon E. Palmour of King Research, Inc. Fenelonov emphasizes the use…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Development
