The Economics Of Libraries

Author : Marco Ferdinando Martorana,Ilde Rizzo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781040041758

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The Economics of Libraries by Marco Ferdinando Martorana,Ilde Rizzo Pdf

Libraries are included in the widely accepted definition of Cultural and Creative Industries, together with heritage, performing arts, museums, visual arts, and archives, and they play an important role in the creative value chain. The Economics of Libraries highlights the economic importance of the library sector. Providing an accessible and concise expert overview of the most important economic features and diversified functions of libraries, the authors also summarise the challenges and opportunities deriving from digital technologies, the management of cultural infrastructures, and audience development. This unique short-form book fills a longstanding gap in our understanding of the demand and supply of library services. This book will be of interest to researchers and scholars in the fields of economics and the creative and cultural industries. It also provides useful insights for students and lecturers, as well as topics of discussion for professionals.

Author : Lorraine A. Stuart,Thomas F.R. Clareson,Joyce Ray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000473520

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Economic Considerations for Libraries, Archives and Museums by Lorraine A. Stuart,Thomas F.R. Clareson,Joyce Ray Pdf

Economic Considerations for Libraries, Archives and Museums provides insight into the economics of collaboration across Libraries, Archives, and Museums (LAMs) and cultural heritage funding. Drawing together a series of global reflections on the past, present and future of cross-sector approaches to preserving and promoting cultural heritage, this volume examines the economic prospects of LAMs from a variety of facets. Divided into five sections, the book covers the five most important areas in the development and sustainability of collaborative LAM projects: the digital environment; collaborative models; education; funding issues; and alternate sources of funding. Responding directly to the issue of a lack of adequate funding for maintaining and providing access to cultural heritage resources globally, the book argues that cultural heritage institutions must seek creative methods for funding and collaboration at all levels to achieve shared goals. Economic Considerations for Libraries, Archives and Museums will be of interest to all those engaged in the study of library and information science, archival studies, museum studies and digital preservation. Administrators and practitioners will also find much to interest them within the pages of the book.

Author : Suzanne M. Stauffer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781538118917

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Libraries, Archives, and Museums by Suzanne M. Stauffer Pdf

This is the first book to consider the development of all three cultural heritage institutions – libraries, archives, and museums – and their interactions with society and culture from ancient history to the present day in Western Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The text explores the social and cultural role of these institutions in the societies that created them, as well as the political, economic and social influences on their mission, philosophy, and services and how those changed throughout time. The work provides a thorough background in the topic for graduate students and professionals in the fields of library and information science, archival studies, and museum resource management, preservation, and administration. Arranged chronologically, the story begins with the temple libraries of ancient Sumer, followed the growth and development of governmental and private libraries in ancient Greece and Rome, the influence of Asia and Islam on Western library development, the role of Christianity in the preservation of ancient literature as well as the skills of reading and writing during the Middle Ages, and the coming of the Renaissance and the rise of the university library. It continues by tracing the gradual division between archives and libraries and the growth of governmental and private libraries as independent institutions during and after the Renaissance and through the Enlightenment, and the development of public and private museums from the “cabinets of curiousities” of private collectors beginning in the 17th century. Individual chapters explore the further growth and development of libraries, archives, and museums in the 19th and 20th centuries, exploring the public library and public museum movements of those centuries, as well as the rise of the governmental and institutional archive. The final chapter discusses the growing collaboration between and even convergence of these institutions in the 21st century and the impact of modern information technology, and makes predictions about the future of all three institutions.

Author : Wendy Evans,David Baker
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781780630090

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Digital Library Economics by Wendy Evans,David Baker Pdf

Digital Library Economics covers key aspects of the management and development of the digital library from an economic viewpoint. The work is a collection of essays by leading international authorities and provides an overview of current and future positions with regard to the economics of digital library management and development. Key contextual aspects are described, providing a history of the growth of digital libraries, with special reference to financial issues, current and possible future economic models and costing methodologies and challenges, themes and issues in the field. Incorporates past developments, current good practice and future trends Written by recognized national and international authorities There is little else in the field: it fills a major gap in the literature

Author : Meredith A. Butler,Bruce R. Kingma
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000758009

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The Economics of Information in the Networked Environment by Meredith A. Butler,Bruce R. Kingma Pdf

In this book, first published in 1998, world-renowned experts on the subject of contemporary librarianship analyse the problems associated with coping with an ever-expanding knowledge base, given their current economic constraints and budgets. It examines challenging marketplace solutions to problems in the economics of information; economic modelling of investments in information resources at academic institutions; the economics of resource sharing, consortia, and document delivery; and measuring the costs and benefits of distance learning.

Author : Martin Marc Cummings
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Council on Library Resources
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fee-based library services
ISBN : UOM:39015012535509

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The Economics of Research Libraries by Martin Marc Cummings Pdf

Author : Bruce Kingma
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134755677

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The Economics of Access Versus Ownership by Bruce Kingma Pdf

The Economics of Access Versus Ownership offers library professionals a model economic analysis of providing access to journal articles through interlibrary loan as compared to library subscriptions to the journals. This model enables library directors to do an economic analysis of interlibrary loan and collection development in their own libraries and to then make cost-efficient decisions about the use of these services. This practical book’s analysis and conclusions are based on 1994/95 academic year research conducted by the State University of New York libraries at Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, and Stony Brook. The research determined the costs and benefits of high-priced, low-use scholarly journals, focusing on journals in the mathematics and sciences that historically have high prices, low levels of use, and increasing rates of price escalation. The libraries’financial costs of access by interlibrary loan versus journal subscriptions was calculated and, using this information, a set of decision rules was established. Library directors and interlibrary loan/collection development heads can use this set of decision rules to determine, based on the level of use and subscription price, whether they should provide access to journal articles via interlibrary loan or journal subscriptions. The research findings presented in The Economics of Access Versus Ownership are significant to library professionals as journal subscription prices escalate and commercial document delivery services, consortium agreements, and interlibrary loan hardware and software proliferate. Contributors explore important factors necessary to understanding the economics of access. They encourage readers to consider the following when choosing between journal subscriptions and interlibrary loan: financial costs fixed and marginal costs decision rules which determine the most economically efficient method of access the use of a library consortium and joint collection development within the consortium as an economically efficient method of access added benefits of a library consortium Information found in The Economics of Access Versus Ownership makes it a useful guide for university and college library directors, interlibrary loan department heads, and collection development heads trying to choose the most economically sound, both for their libraries and their patrons, form of access to journal articles.

Author : Michael Lesk
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0080481515

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Understanding Digital Libraries by Michael Lesk Pdf

This fully revised and updated second edition of Understanding Digital Libraries focuses on the challenges faced by both librarians and computer scientists in a field that has been dramatically altered by the growth of the Web. At every turn, the goal is practical: to show you how things you might need to do are already being done, or how they can be done. The first part of the book is devoted to technology and examines issues such as varying media requirements, indexing and classification, networks and distribution, and presentation. The second part of the book is concerned with the human contexts in which digital libraries function. Here you’ll find specific and useful information on usability, preservation, scientific applications, and thorny legal and economic questions. Thoroughly updated and expanded from original edition to include recent research, case studies and new technologies For librarians and technologists alike, this book provides a thorough introduction to the interdisciplinary science of digital libraries Written by Michael Lesk, a legend in computer science and a leading figure in the digital library field Provides insights into the integration of both the technical and non-technical aspects of digital libraries

Author : Ralph Eugene Ellsworth
Publisher : [Washington] : Association of Research Libraries
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015003620294

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The Economics of Book Storage in College and University Libraries by Ralph Eugene Ellsworth Pdf

Author : William J. Baumol,Matityahu Marcus,Mathematica, Inc,Council on Library Resources
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : American Council on Education
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UCAL:B3974762

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Economics of Academic Libraries by William J. Baumol,Matityahu Marcus,Mathematica, Inc,Council on Library Resources Pdf

Author : Svanhild Aabø
Publisher : Fagbokforlaget
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015073589585

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The Value of Public Libraries by Svanhild Aabø Pdf

For hver skattekrone folkebibliotekene får på landsbasis, får innbyggerne fire ganger så mye tilbake. Dette er Svanhild Aabøs konklusjon i en undersøkelse hvor befolkningen ble spurt om å verdsette bibliotekene. 94 prosent av befolkningen mener det er en demokratisk rettighet å ha et folkebibliotek i kommunen. Dette viser at biblioteket har en verdi både for dem som bruker det, og for dem som ikke selv er bibliotekbrukere. I denne avhandlingen presenterer forfatteren resultatene av denne undersøkelsen. Engelsk tekst. 270 s. 2005. Forhåndsomtale.

Author : Stephen Andrew Roberts
Publisher : London : Aslib
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0851421776

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Costing and the Economics of Library and Information Services by Stephen Andrew Roberts Pdf

Author : David Baker,Wendy Evans
Publisher : Chandos Publishing
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Digital libraries
ISBN : 1843344041

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Digital Library Economics by David Baker,Wendy Evans Pdf

Digital Library Economics covers key aspects of the management and development of the digital library from an economic viewpoint. The work is a collection of essays by leading international authorities and provides an overview of current and future positions with regard to the economics of digital library management and development. Key contextual aspects are described, providing a history of the growth of digital libraries, with special reference to financial issues, current and possible future economic models and costing methodologies and challenges, themes and issues in the field.

Author : Wendy Evans,David Baker
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781780633183

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A Handbook of Digital Library Economics by Wendy Evans,David Baker Pdf

This book provides a companion volume to Digital Library Economics and focuses on the ‘how to’ of managing digital collections and services (of all types) with regard to their financing and financial management. The emphasis is on case studies and practical examples drawn from a wide variety of contexts. A Handbook of Digital Library Economics is a practical manual for those involved – or expecting to be involved – in the development and management of digital libraries. Provides practical approach to the subject Focuses on the challenges associated with the economic and financial aspects of digital developments Will be valuable to practitioners, and tutors and students in a wide variety of situations

Author : Sul H. Lee
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0789003694

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Economics of Digital Information by Sul H. Lee Pdf

Eight papers from a March 1997 conference in Oklahoma City explore evolving legal and economic models of licensing and pricing in the digital domain to help libraries incorporate the digitization of their collections into their frameworks for strategicplanning and policy setting. Among the topics are liberating digitization from the rhetoric of revolutionary change, articulating a vision with a broad appeal, and wholesaling excess advertising space.