Offers cost-saving suggestions for school management regarding staff, equipment and machinery, materials, and vandalism and theft prevention. (WD)

A study of the responsiveness of two indexes to patrons' requests for health-related information in a public library compares both the results and the costs of searching the same questions in a printed index (Readers' Guide) and a computerized database (Magazine Index). Eighteen references are listed. (RAA)

School and city officials in Pomona (California) have saved money by cooperating on a number of programs. These include building new schools, placing public parks next to schools, purchasing a computer, and sharing recreational programs. (MLF)

Reports the results of a study that examined attitudes towards busing among White adults in Akron, Ohio. The effects of school desegregation attitudes and cost-benefit beliefs such as preferences for neighborhood schools are analyzed. (AM)

A single-site, multiple-use model for analyzing trip demand is derived from a multiple site regional model based on utility maximizing choice theory. The model is used to analyze and compare trips to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for several types of use. Travel cost elasticities of demand are compared and discussed. (Authors/JN)

Compares the retrieval and cost-effectiveness of six library reference tools used to verify monographs before acquisition: "American Book Publishing Record,""Books in Print,""Cumulative Book Index,""Micrographic Catalog Retrieval Systems,""National Union Catalog," and OCLC. Six references are cited. (FM)

Seventy-two libraries participated in the development of a cost model for library catalogs, considered alternate forms of catalogs (including various combinations of card, computer output microfilm, and online), and prepared input data for computer runs to arrive at costs. Card catalogs appeared to be the least costly. (FM)

Educators must think clearly about how they want students' education to improve, what computers can do to help, how that assistance can be accomplished, and whether any of this is affordable. (Author/JM)

Choosing the number, types, and sizes of school buses requires analysis of the following factors: the number and distribution of students who need transportation; characteristics of the district such as topography, narrowness of streets, and rural or urban location; extracurricular activities and special education programs; and economics and…

An electrical load limiter system has reduced the electricity bills by 18 percent at a Pennsylvania junior high school. (MLF)

The cost effectiveness strategy described involves a function-identifying stage and a cost-analysis stage for audiovisual media. Cost structures of seven methods of delivering instructional television are compared and reasons are given for why cost effectiveness considerations are still rarely applied in educational decision making. Eight…

A program can be evaluated, and a cost-benefit ratio can be calculated to five decimal places, without ever directly examining outcomes. A useful vocabulary in economics and an understanding of the concepts involved is provided evaluators by an economist. (Author/RL)

Gerald Scott's favorable evaluation of the foamed polyurethane roofing system is based on experiences with 55 buildings at Texas A & M. Michael Kinzer, an architect at Colorado State University, disagrees and claims that the system is difficult to install and maintain, and the cost prohibitive. (MLF)

Two Iowa universities closed for two weeks during the Christmas 1980 holidays to comply with state-ordered budget cuts. Despite lowering building temperatures to 50 degrees and asking employees to take vacation days or unpaid leaves, neither university saved as much money as had been anticipated. (Author/MLF)

Administrators responsible for purchasing school insurance should work with insurance companies to insure competitive prices and responsive services. Guidelines are provided. (Author/MLF)