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1. Verfasser: Wright, A. J.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Sprache:en
Veröffentlicht: 1982
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contents No More Free Lunch: Commercial Fee-Based Information Services--Past, Present and Future. Wright, A. J. Business Fees History Information Networks Information Scientists Information Services Librarians Libraries This discussion of nongovernmental public- and private-sector fee-based information services in the changing library, social, and technological environment includes descriptions of the relationships between libraries and commercial firms, types of fee-based information services, and the services provided by commercial information vendors. Brief histories of corporate and free-lance information services are also presented, with emphasis on the kinds of services made available by the individual free-lance information broker and the large-scale information firm. Concluding the report is a consideration of future trends and issues which will affect fee-based information services of all types. The changing role of information in society, the growth of the information industry, and increasing competition for a share of the information market are among the topics addressed. A 52-item reference list and a 26-item supplemental bibliography accompany the text. (Author/JL)
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spellingShingle No More Free Lunch: Commercial Fee-Based Information Services--Past, Present and Future.
Wright, A. J.
Business
Fees
History
Information Networks
Information Scientists
Information Services
Librarians
Libraries
No More Free Lunch: Commercial Fee-Based Information Services--Past, Present and Future. Wright, A. J. Business Fees History Information Networks Information Scientists Information Services Librarians Libraries This discussion of nongovernmental public- and private-sector fee-based information services in the changing library, social, and technological environment includes descriptions of the relationships between libraries and commercial firms, types of fee-based information services, and the services provided by commercial information vendors. Brief histories of corporate and free-lance information services are also presented, with emphasis on the kinds of services made available by the individual free-lance information broker and the large-scale information firm. Concluding the report is a consideration of future trends and issues which will affect fee-based information services of all types. The changing role of information in society, the growth of the information industry, and increasing competition for a share of the information market are among the topics addressed. A 52-item reference list and a 26-item supplemental bibliography accompany the text. (Author/JL)
title No More Free Lunch: Commercial Fee-Based Information Services--Past, Present and Future.
topic Business
Fees
History
Information Networks
Information Scientists
Information Services
Librarians
Libraries
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED221163