[We're in the realm of meta-answers here. Below is the
link to the original summary post, then the response
to the summary and then the response to the response.
The first morning of daylight-savings time, too. JA]
> Find the previous post at this url,
> http://www.infomotions.com/serials/colldv-l/06/0071.shtml
> and the response following here.
>
> From: "June K. Schmidt" <JSchmidt_at_library.msstate.edu>
>
> I wanted to respond to this comment that Paul reported. "One pertinent
> comment was that it was not the fault of a particular department that
> their average prices were much higher than others and it would be
> unfair to discriminate." The reason we use price as one of the
> variables in our allocation formula is to compensate for, rather than
> penalize, disciples with higher priced titles. The higher their
> average price, the more money they receive.
>
> June Schmidt
> Associate Dean for Technical Services
> Mitchell Memorial Library
> P.O. Box 5408
> Mississippi State, MS 39762
> 662-325-7672
==#2==
>From John H Hunter <hunter_at_sparta.rice.edu>
Subject Re: CDL: Average price of monographs in budgets (summary), (response)
This is a point well-taken. As a Sci-Tech Biblographer, I continue to see
exponential price spikes for individual volumes from either standalone
monographs or monographs generated from a conference proceedings.
John H. Hunter
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