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Hauptverfasser: Cooper, Michael D., DeWath, Nancy A.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Sprache:en
Veröffentlicht: 1975
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author Cooper, Michael D.
DeWath, Nancy A.
author_facet Cooper, Michael D.
DeWath, Nancy A.
Cooper, Michael D.
DeWath, Nancy A.
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contents The Cost of On-Line Bibliographic Searching. Technical Report 003-75-01. Cooper, Michael D. DeWath, Nancy A. Computers Cost Effectiveness Databases Experimental Programs Information Retrieval Library Services Online Systems Public Libraries Reference Services A cost analysis was made of on-line bibliographic searching in four public libraries in the San Francisco Bay Area using the Lockheed DIALOG system. The study involved monitoring the time that 35 individuals in the libraries spent processing some 411 search requests. The study identified a set of seven tasks that are performed for each request and determined the average time and cost for each of the tasks. The average total search cost was $28.41, exclusive of telephone line charges. This figure does include the data base connect charges of $17.29. The average time required to process a request was 7.8 calendar days. A wide variation in the cost and time figures was found among the four libraries and among individual searchers. (Author/JY)
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spellingShingle The Cost of On-Line Bibliographic Searching. Technical Report 003-75-01.
Cooper, Michael D.
DeWath, Nancy A.
Computers
Cost Effectiveness
Databases
Experimental Programs
Information Retrieval
Library Services
Online Systems
Public Libraries
Reference Services
The Cost of On-Line Bibliographic Searching. Technical Report 003-75-01. Cooper, Michael D. DeWath, Nancy A. Computers Cost Effectiveness Databases Experimental Programs Information Retrieval Library Services Online Systems Public Libraries Reference Services A cost analysis was made of on-line bibliographic searching in four public libraries in the San Francisco Bay Area using the Lockheed DIALOG system. The study involved monitoring the time that 35 individuals in the libraries spent processing some 411 search requests. The study identified a set of seven tasks that are performed for each request and determined the average time and cost for each of the tasks. The average total search cost was $28.41, exclusive of telephone line charges. This figure does include the data base connect charges of $17.29. The average time required to process a request was 7.8 calendar days. A wide variation in the cost and time figures was found among the four libraries and among individual searchers. (Author/JY)
title The Cost of On-Line Bibliographic Searching. Technical Report 003-75-01.
topic Computers
Cost Effectiveness
Databases
Experimental Programs
Information Retrieval
Library Services
Online Systems
Public Libraries
Reference Services
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED118087