Librarians and the "Dismal Science".

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Main Author: Carrigan, Dennis P.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1988
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author Carrigan, Dennis P.
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contents Librarians and the "Dismal Science". Carrigan, Dennis P. Economics Library Administration Library Collection Development Library Services User Satisfaction (Information) Discusses several economic concepts and principles important for librarianship--opportunity cost, resources, assets, and investment--and notes the difficulty of placing a monetary value on patron benefits. The law of diminishing marginal returns is applied to the relationships between library services and collection size, and between investment in the collection and patron satisfaction. (12 references) (MES)
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spellingShingle Librarians and the "Dismal Science".
Carrigan, Dennis P.
Economics
Library Administration
Library Collection Development
Library Services
User Satisfaction (Information)
Librarians and the "Dismal Science". Carrigan, Dennis P. Economics Library Administration Library Collection Development Library Services User Satisfaction (Information) Discusses several economic concepts and principles important for librarianship--opportunity cost, resources, assets, and investment--and notes the difficulty of placing a monetary value on patron benefits. The law of diminishing marginal returns is applied to the relationships between library services and collection size, and between investment in the collection and patron satisfaction. (12 references) (MES)
title Librarians and the "Dismal Science".
topic Economics
Library Administration
Library Collection Development
Library Services
User Satisfaction (Information)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ376538