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| Titel: |
Do Economic Factors Really Matter in the Assessment and Retention of Electronic Resources Licensed at the Library Consortium Level? |
| Auteur: |
Sanville, Tom |
| Verschenen in: |
Collection management |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 33 (2008) nr. 1-2 pagina's 1-16 |
| Jaar: |
2008-05-13 |
| Inhoud: |
Does it really matter if the resources an academic library buys or licenses are in some way deemed economically efficient expenditures? Does it really matter if the resources a library consortium buys or licenses are in some way deemed economically efficient expenditures? Or can economic efficiency be dismissed by the obvious imperative of the immediate, compelling, and continuous need to support the instruction and research activities of the institution? With the electronic medium, libraries have counts of information use. Care must be taken in what is being counted, but counts do exist. This leads to measuring the cost per use of licensed resources. With comparable measurements across subscriptions, we have an economic dimension to evaluate the relative value of our investments. Are these economic measures major factors in our decision-making? Do bad cost per use or large price increases trump other factors? If licensed resources are core to a discipline with no substitutes, does cost per use matter? These issues are explored from the perspective of a consortium licensing resources for a diverse set of member libraries. |
| Uitgever: |
Routledge |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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