Nachlas, Joel A.Pierce, Anthony R.2014-03-212014-03-211979-05-01Nachlas, 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.pdf0010-0870http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46766As 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.application/pdfenIn CopyrightArticle - Refereedhttp://crl.acrl.org/content/40/3/240.full.pdf