Allocating the Book Budget: An Economical Model
Abstract
A model is presented in which the division of library resources among competing interests is based upon considerations of economic efficiency. The complete model cannot be made operational until better means are developed to measure library-resource units. It is argued
that allocation decisions should depend upon the prospective usage rate of materials, explicit value fudgments about how much such use contributes to the university's goals, and costs.
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