"Is Our CD/DVD Collection Worth All This? A Cost-per use Study of Accompanying Materials" by Marie R. Kennedy

Marie R. Kennedy

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Is Our CD/DVD Collection Worth All This? A Cost-per use Study of Accompanying Materials

The Journal of Academic Librarianship (2007)

Marie R. Kennedy, Loyola Marymount University

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Abstract

Librarians have spent a considerable amount of time discussing cataloging and processing procedures for texts that have accompanying material. The procedures are usually well-documented but elaborate; are our efforts worth it? This research uses a time study to produce a time and materials cost per use for the CDs and DVDs in the collection of the Norris Medical Library. Analysis shows that the time and materials costs per use of the CDs and DVDs at this library are relatively low, and that little change in the procedures used at this library are needed.

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Publication Date

2007

Citation Information

Marie R. Kennedy. "Is Our CD/DVD Collection Worth All This? A Cost-per use Study of Accompanying Materials" The Journal of Academic Librarianship Vol. 33 Iss. 5 (2007)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marie_kennedy/4/