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ERIC Number: EJ513787
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0160-0044
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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Identifiers: Economics of Information; Information Value; Value Analysis
Note: 57th, Alexandria, VA, October 17-20, 1994.