Open AccessStandardized Costs for Automated Library Systems
Author(s) -
M. E. L. Jacob
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
information technology and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5226
pISSN - 0730-9295
DOI - 10.6017/ital.v3i3.5254
Subject(s) - computer science , liberian dollar , library classification , operations research , information retrieval , world wide web , business , mathematics , finance
Costs of automated library systems as currently given in published reports tend to be misleading and confusing. It is necessary to have a clear under- standing of how they were derived before any comparisons can be made. Clearly defined costs in terms of time units are more meaningful than straight dollar costs and can be used as one means of comparison among various system designs and as guidelines for the design of new systems