Economic realities in optimizing library materials access
Abstract
Purpose
This paper sets out to provide an overview of the economic realities in optimizing library materials access.
Design/methodology/approach
Uses a discussion and examples to illustrate the difficulties in optimizing library materials access.
Findings
Provides a catalyst for librarians to consider their collections' optimality.
Originality/value
Hopefully, the example will spark still more attention to how public, university, special and school libraries, along with local, state and federal governments, can cooperate to optimize access both to books and to ubiquitous information and knowledge in a time of falling communication prices.
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Citation
Holt, G.E. (2007), "Economic realities in optimizing library materials access", The Bottom Line, Vol. 20 No. 1, pp. 45-49. https://doi.org/10.1108/08880450710747443
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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