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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1979
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED188583 |
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- The Current Use of Online Services in U.K. Academic Libraries. Foster, Allan Akeroyd, John Academic Libraries Budgeting Fees Higher Education Information Retrieval Information Services Library Surveys Online Systems Use Studies This update of a survey taken by the authors in April 1978 on the use of online services in British academic libraries (Online Review; v3 n2 p195-204 1979) concentrates on the following areas: (1) general pattern of use; (2) current arguments for charging users for online services; (3) current academic library practice on charging; (4) specific pricing policies, including partial cost recovery, full cost recovery, token charging, differential charges, loss leader pricing, and free searching; (5) the relationship between charging and the marketing of online services; and (6) staffing structures. The report concludes with a general evaluation of the role of online services in England's academic libraries. (FM)