Comparing Users' Exchange Values with Library Costs in Academic and Public Libraries.

Shaw, Debora; Park, Taemin Kim

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ERIC Number: EJ513787

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Publication Date: 1994

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Comparing Users' Exchange Values with Library Costs in Academic and Public Libraries.

Shaw, Debora; Park, Taemin Kim

Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, v31 p51-53 1994

Discusses the economics and value of information and describes a study that compared an objective measure, the estimated direct costs to a library to purchase materials or provide services used by specific users, with a subjective measure, exchange values those users would pay for the information. (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Costs, Higher Education, Library Collection Development, Library Expenditures, Library Materials, Library Services, Public Libraries, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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