The Economics of Information
The Economics of Information

Author: Bruce R. Kingma

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13:

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Focuses on the economics of information goods and services, which are sufficiently different from other types of goods and services that a complete understanding of their differences is important to information managers and policymakers.

Effective Financial Planning for Library and Information Services
Effective Financial Planning for Library and Information Services

Author: Duncan McKay

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 1135475741

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This title is a concise guide to financial planning, with definitions of financial terms and the key processes involved, which also provides tips on how to present your budget most effectively to secure funding. As pressures of business increasingly affect all information functions, it has become ever more important to be able to justify the costs involved in running any form of information function. This second edition covers budgetary implications related to developments in information source provision.

1979-1990
1979-1990

Author: Henryk Sawoniak

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2012-02-14

Total Pages: 1284

ISBN-13: 3110975068

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Cost Analysis, Cost Recovery, Marketing and Fee-Based Services
Cost Analysis, Cost Recovery, Marketing and Fee-Based Services

Author: M Sandra Wood

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1317951301

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This outstanding volume won the 1986 Ida and George Eliot Prize--awarded by the Medical Library Association for the work judged most effective in furthering medical librarianship. Library professionals review the controversy behind fee-for-service programs and provide a rationale for incorporating them into contemporary library philosophies of service. Some fee-based services are necessary for survival in a society that treats information as a marketable commodity; this comprehensive book gives practical advice on cost analysis, cost recovery and marketing of reference services, and presents information on establishing a fee-based information service, as well as examples of successful information service programs.

Digital Library Economics
Digital Library Economics

Author: Wendy Evans

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2009-04-20

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 1780630093

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Digital Library Economics covers key aspects of the management and development of the digital library from an economic viewpoint. The work is a collection of essays by leading international authorities and provides an overview of current and future positions with regard to the economics of digital library management and development. Key contextual aspects are described, providing a history of the growth of digital libraries, with special reference to financial issues, current and possible future economic models and costing methodologies and challenges, themes and issues in the field. - Incorporates past developments, current good practice and future trends - Written by recognized national and international authorities - There is little else in the field: it fills a major gap in the literature

Ency of Library and Inform Sci 2e V4 (Print)
Ency of Library and Inform Sci 2e V4 (Print)

Author: Miriam A. Drake

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 874

ISBN-13: 9780824720803

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A revitalized version of the popular classic, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Second Edition targets new and dynamic movements in the distribution, acquisition, and development of print and online media-compiling articles from more than 450 information specialists on topics including program planning in the digital era, recruitment, information management, advances in digital technology and encoding, intellectual property, and hardware, software, database selection and design, competitive intelligence, electronic records preservation, decision support systems, ethical issues in information, online library instruction, telecommuting, and digital library projects.