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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
Download full textLemke, Darrell – 1989
The first of five sections in this final report for the College Cost Containment Project describes the organizational structure and purposes of the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) and identifies the cost containment issues addressed by the project. The remaining sections describe the programs developed by the WRLC as appropriate…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Indexes
