Determination of Unit Costs for Library Services
| dc.contributor.author | Nachlas, Joel A. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Pierce, Anthony R. | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Virginia Tech. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Virginia Tech. University Libraries | en |
| dc.date.accessed | 2014-02-06 | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-21T15:27:54Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2014-03-21T15:27:54Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 1979-05-01 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | As with other public service activities, inflationary trends and public opinion provide a clear mandate for attempts to control the increasing costs of providing library services. Cost control necessarily requires knowledge of the quantities and sources of costs. A methodology; known as microcosting, for identifying the unit costs of providing specific services is presented here. The method is designed to enable library managers to identify at a detailed level the resources consumed in providing a particular service. This information provides''a quantitative basis for and a monitor of library management decisions. To illustrate the use of the methodology, it is applied to the determination of the unit costs of tracking overdue materials at a major university library. | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nachlas, J. A., Pierce, A. R. (1979). Determination of unit costs for library services. College and Research Libraries, 40(3), 240-247. http://crl.acrl.org/content/40/3/240.full.pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0010-0870 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46766 | en |
| dc.identifier.url | http://crl.acrl.org/content/40/3/240.full.pdf | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | ACRL Publications | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.title | Determination of Unit Costs for Library Services | en |
| dc.title.serial | College and Research Libraries | en |
| dc.type | Article - Refereed | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
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