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Karunaratne, N. D.; And Others – 1976
This is a study on the operating efficiency of the public library system in Australia. Cost functions have been fitted to library data and the results are interpreted with a view to generating insights into the functioning of the existing library system. An exploratory cost benefit analysis has also been attempted. Activities of libraries have…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Efficiency, Library Administration


