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Baldwin, Paul E.; Swain, Leigh – 1980
This feasibility study was conducted to (1) estimate the alternative costs in 1980 Canadian dollars of using four bibliographic utilities to accomplish the retrospective conversion (RECON) of eight British Columbia public libraries' manual card catalog files, (2) make recommendations as to which alternative should be selected and how it should be…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Cost Estimates, Feasibility Studies, Information Systems
Peer reviewedBaldwin, Paul E. – Canadian Library Journal, 1984
Discusses need to consider political context of decision-making process and describes how cost data were presented to obtain management approval for implementation planning for integrated online acquisitions and fund accounting system involving Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, and University of Victoria. Cost, budget, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
