The texts of statements delivered on August 21, 1972 and September 27, 1972, are presented. (SJ)

Helpful advice to buildings and grounds administrators on how to sell plant operation programs to the college chief administrator. (Author/MF)

Kent State University achieved considerable savings through contract cleaning. (Author)

It is possible to measure the results and value of job training, but accurate measurement is incredibly expensive and time-consuming. (AN)

Discusses four benefits gained from vocational education and four alternatives to attain those benefits, concluding that a comprehensive program would be the best option. (SB)

Describes a recently developed new dimension in management and educational concepts. (Author)

The Kohler Company found that programed instruction can effectively reduce job training time. Comparison statistics demonstrated the programs more than repaid the costs. (SE)

The author pursues the discussion about fees for adult classes engendered by recent events, legislation, and publications, on the basis that "adult education must be regarded as a public investment good rather than a private consumer good. (Author/MF)

Break-even analysis is applied to determine what magnitude of titles added per year is sufficient to utilize economically Library of Congress proof slips and a Xerox 914 copying machine in the cataloging operation of a library. A formula is derived, and an example of its use is given. (1 reference) (Author/SJ)

The cost study indicates that interlibrary lending by academic libraries may reach the three million mark by 1975. (5 references) (Author/NH)

The University of Denver is employing a new method for producing copy from the National Union Catalog" which has distinct advantages over other existing methods, particularly as far as cost per copy is concerned. (1 reference) (Author)

The efficiency and effectiveness of a domestic blanket approval plan is compared with traditional acquisitions procedures based upon a unit cost study carried out at four libraries in the state university system of Florida. Comparative costs are measured. (2 references) (Author/NH)

Discusses methods of allocating an educational budget. Alternative avenues of expenditure on post secondary education are treated as investment projects and their benefit-cost ratios are compared. (Author)

The library is examined as a university-wide resource and as a research facility. The use of the library relative to computing facilities is also considered as is the cost and value of library usage in relation to computer usage. (Author)

This article concerns some economic concepts which shed light upon the effective and efficient use of information processing facilities" and suggests that centralized computing facilities can produce higher quality outputs than smaller organizations. (Author/AA)