Cost analysis of an automated and manual cataloging and book processing system.

Autor: Druschel, J1 (AUTHOR)
Zdroj: Journal of Library Automation (00222240). Mar1981, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p24-49. 26p.
Abstrakt: A comparative cost analysis of an automated network system (wln) and a local manual system of cataloging and book processing at washington state university libraries indicates that the automated system is aobut 20 percent less costly than the manual system. A per-unit cost approach was used in calculating the monthly cost of each system based on the average number of items processed per month under the automated system [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts