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Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
This kit prepared by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains 15 primary source documents on determining indirect cost rates in research libraries. The kit comprises: (1) six library cost studies and surveys, "Allocation of Library Expenditures to Research and Instruction" (University of Pennsylvania), "Sampling of Current Monograph…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Indirect Costs, Library Expenditures
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
Peer reviewedGroth, Randall H.; And Others – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1992
Application of a multidimensional measure of university research activity, the Research Activity Index (RAI), is described and compared to the more common use of research and development expenditures as a criterion of activity. The RAI incorporates seven expenditure variables, three graduate-student-related variables, and a research library…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Expenditures
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1980
This collection of documentation from library materials cost studies conducted by members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries in the United States and Canada contains 11 documents divided into the following sections: (1) methodologies and data collection worksheets from the University of California at Berkeley, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Budgeting, Budgets
