Assessing the Cost and Value of Bibliographic Control

[Eugene Garfield]

Assessing the Cost and Value of Bibliographic Control

Author(s): Stalberg, E (Stalberg, Erin); Cronin, C (Cronin, Christopher)
Source: LIBRARY RESOURCES & TECHNICAL SERVICES  Volume: 55  Issue: 3  
Pages: 124-137  Published: JUL 2011  

Abstract: In June 2009, the Association for Library Collections and Technical 
Services Heads of Technical Services in Large Research Libraries Interest Group 
established the Task Force on Cost/Value Assessment of Bibliographic Control 
to address recommendation 5.1.1.1 of On the Record: Report of the Library of 
Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control, which focused 
on developing measures for costs, benefits, and value of bibliographic control. 
This paper outlines results of that task force's efforts to develop and articulate 
metrics for evaluating the cost and value of cataloging activities specifically, 
and offers some next steps that the community could take to further the 
profession's collective understanding of the costs and values associated with 
bibliographic control.

Language: English
Document Type: Article
KeyWords Plus: CATALOGING COSTS; LIBRARIES; SERVICES
Addresses: [Stalberg, E] N Carolina State Univ Lib, Raleigh, NC USA
[Cronin, C] Univ Chicago Lib, Metadata & Cataloging Serv, Chicago, IL USA
Reprint Address: Stalberg, E (reprint author), N Carolina State Univ Lib, Raleigh, 
NC USA

E-mail Address: serin_stalberg at ncsu.edu, croninc at uchicago.edu
IDS Number: 791ZR
ISSN: 0024-2527
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