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Budig, Jeanne E.; Stubbs, Kenneth L. – 1984
Information on the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) data survey is presented, along with a quantitative index for the university libraries of the Association of American Universities (AAU). Ten quantitative measures of holdings, expenditures, and staff size for the AAU libraries from the 1981-1982 annual ARL survey are converted to an index…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Cohen, Elaine; Young, Margo – Optical Information Systems, 1986
Describes a model enumerating cost factors for comparing costs for paper, online, and CD-ROM indexes and abstracts. The model is applied to start-up and annual costs, and to the cost of storing and providing access to ERIC, Applied Science and Fisheries Abstracts, and Excerpta Medica, based on anticipated academic library usage. (MBR)
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
