Based on a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries in February 1986, this kit is designed to illustrate a wide range of alternative approaches to analyzing the costs of technical services. The kit consists of the following unedited primary-source documents: (1) SPEC Technical Services Costs Survey (Three-Year Update) February 3, 1986, form and results of survey; (2) SPEC Flyer Number 89, "Technical Services Cost Studies in ARL Libraries"; (3) Statistical Questionnaire on Cataloging Activities in Quebec University Libraries and the Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec (Laval University); (4) Management Information System/MIS reports (University of Waterloo); (5) Plan and Task List for a Technical Services Review (Rutgers University); (6) Law Library Review 1982, Technical Services Study (University of Saskatchewan); (7) General Technical Services Processing Costs (Vanderbilt University); (8) Time per Item Statistics Comparing a Current Operation with an Integrated Library System (National Agriculture Library); (9) Costs Associated with the Card Catalog (University of Oregon); and (10) Retrospective Conversion (Iowa State University). A brief overview of survey findings and a bibliography are also included. (KM)