The 109 Libraries responding to a questionnaire aided the American Library Association's Committee on Photocopying Costs in Libraries to document the patterns or variant factors that affect photocopying rates in U.S. libraries. (MF)

Romanian research findings offer a theoretical model with which financing of the annual acquisition of books per pupil at a given educational level can be objectively ascertained. Methods of financing and acquisitions policy decisions are discussed. (Author/JAB)

THE COSTS OF TECHNICAL PROCESSING WITHIN A COOPERATIVE LIBRARY CENTER SERVING A NUMBER OF MEMBER LIBRARIES WERE COMPARED WITH COMBINED COSTS OF OTHER NONMEMBER INSTITUTIONS. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE COST PER MEMBER LIBRARY IN A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM FOR A GIVEN QUALITY OF TECHNICAL PROCESSING WOULD BE LESS THAN THE COST OF SIMILAR TECHNICAL…

An open-minded bibliography on cost techniques for libraries is included. (19 references) (Author/NH)

The viewpoint of the library magazine subscription agency is emphasized in this article on the libraries' acquisition of periodicals. (MM)

Presented are the five-year cumulation of statistics on the billion-dollar surge of university and four-year college library construction. (Author)

A statistical report is presented on 208 public library building projects completed in the United States during the year ending June 30, 1971. (Author)

The department head and the whole staff are finding themselves involved in the difficult task of devising objectives, criteria, programs and alternatives, activities and alternatives, and methods for feed-back for evaluation. (19 references) (Author/MM)

Presents the May 1979 draft of the National Interlibrary Loan Code which contains general guidelines for the borrowing and lending of library materials: definition, purpose, scope, responsibilities of borrowing and lending libraries, expenses, duration of loan, and violation of code. (JD)

This first in a two-part series on how librarians can negotiate services and prices with subscription agencies focuses on how vendors operate. Factors that influence agency costs, revenues, and service charges are described, including economies of scale, discounts from publishers, and prepayment and cash flow. (seven references) (LRW)

The purpose of the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) computerized regional library system is to provide an on-line system that makes available to faculty and students in individual colleges and universities the library resources throughout a region, while at the same time decelerating the rate of rise of per-student library costs. The research…

Presents a study of Georgia college libraries that used published library statistics to compare public historically black college libraries to traditionally white college libraries. Comparisons were made by: volumes and total library staff per student; salary expenditure per student and per professional librarian; and professional library staff…

The purpose of the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) computerized regional library system is to provide an on-line system that makes available to faculty and students in individual colleges and universities the library resources throughout a region, while at the same time decelerating the rate of rise of per-student library costs. The research…

The purpose of the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) computerized regional library system is to provide an on-line system that makes available to faculty and students in individual colleges and universities the library resources throughout a region, while at the same time decelerating the rate of rise of per-student library costs. The research…