Book prices and costs for a small-hospital library: a subject analysis |
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| Authors: | C A Johnson |
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| Institution: | Goddard Memorial Hospital, Stoughton, Massachusetts 02072. |
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| Abstract: | An analysis of the Brandon/Hill lists has provided individual price figures to assist the librarian of a small hospital in calculating book costs associated with establishing and maintaining an up-to-date collection suited to institutional needs. For the fifty-three subject categories analyzed, the following were calculated over the past twenty-two years: average price per title, size and cost of the category, number of new titles or editions, percentages price increases, and cost of maintaining a basic collection. Used in conjunction with local purchasing data, these figures can be useful in budget preparation. |
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