The economics of information in the networked environment

Meredith A. Butler; Bruce R. Kingma

doi:10.4324/9780367824457

The economics of information in the networked environment

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Number of pages	314
ISBN (Electronic)	9781000756784
ISBN (Print)	9780367424596
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367824457
State	Published - Dec 6 2019
Externally published	Yes

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