Cost Analysis, Cost Recovery, Marketing and Fee-Based Services
A Guide for the Health Sciences Librarian
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Library & Information Services, Health & Well Being, Medical
| Author: | M Sandra Wood | ISBN: | 9781317951292 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | October 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | M Sandra Wood |
| ISBN: | 9781317951292 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | October 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This outstanding volume won the 1986 Ida and George Eliot Prize--awarded by the Medical Library Association for the work judged most effective in furthering medical librarianship. Library professionals review the controversy behind fee-for-service programs and provide a rationale for incorporating them into contemporary library philosophies of service. Some fee-based services are necessary for survival in a society that treats information as a marketable commodity; this comprehensive book gives practical advice on cost analysis, cost recovery and marketing of reference services, and presents information on establishing a fee-based information service, as well as examples of successful information service programs.
This outstanding volume won the 1986 Ida and George Eliot Prize--awarded by the Medical Library Association for the work judged most effective in furthering medical librarianship. Library professionals review the controversy behind fee-for-service programs and provide a rationale for incorporating them into contemporary library philosophies of service. Some fee-based services are necessary for survival in a society that treats information as a marketable commodity; this comprehensive book gives practical advice on cost analysis, cost recovery and marketing of reference services, and presents information on establishing a fee-based information service, as well as examples of successful information service programs.
