ABSTRACT
In this book, first published in 1998, world-renowned experts on the subject of contemporary librarianship analyse the problems associated with coping with an ever-expanding knowledge base, given their current economic constraints and budgets. It examines challenging marketplace solutions to problems in the economics of information; economic modelling of investments in information resources at academic institutions; the economics of resource sharing, consortia, and document delivery; and measuring the costs and benefits of distance learning.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|26 pages
Challenging Marketplace Solutions to Problems in the Economics of Information
chapter |26 pages
Costs and Benefits of Investments in Technology: How Can Technology Serve the Public Interest? Keynote Address
part II|18 pages
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Program in the Economics of Information
part III|40 pages
Economic Modeling of Investments in Information Resources at Academic Institutions
part IV|50 pages
Case Studies in Transforming the Scholarly Process: Costs and Benefits of Cooperation
part V|28 pages
Alternatives to Current Access Models in Research Libraries
part VI|28 pages
Can E-Journals Save Us?
part VII|38 pages
Economic Considerations for Digital Libraries
chapter |10 pages
This Little User Went to Market, This Little User Stayed Home: What Users, Potential Users, and Nonusers Can Tell Us
part VIII|18 pages
The Economics of Information Access in Higher Education
part IX|24 pages
The Limits of Marketplace Solutions and the Need for Collaboration
part X|43 pages
The Economics of Information and the Need for Collaboration-Creating a Research Agenda
