CDL:Response 5, Print to eONly jrnl access

From: John P. Abbott <AbbottJP_at_conrad.appstate.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 13:01:29 -0400 To: Colldv-l <COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu>

CD'ers-

An interesting article examining "...changes in 
the library's operational costs associated with
[e-subscriptions]."  Conclusion: "Preliminary
cost comparisons...indicate that the electronic
collection is substantially more expensive to 
maintain."  Author is dean of libraries @ Drexel.

Montgomery, Carol H. 2000. Measuring the impact of an electronic
journal collection on library costs: a framework and preliminary
costs.  _D-Lib Magazine_, October 2000, v6,n10

See fulltext:

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october00/montgomery/10montgomery.html

A colleague at UNC-Asheville notes that
as the costs to the library rise for these materials, the patron's 
costs (in labor, time, photocopying, traveling, etc.) usually 
fall with the implementation of e-resources.  

Ranganathan's 4th Law, Save the time of the Reader.

John

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John P. Abbott
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