Economics of Information in the Networked Environment

<p>In this book first published in 1998 world-renowned experts on the subject of contemporary librarianship analyse the problems associated with coping with an ever-expanding knowledge base given their current economic constraints and budgets. It examines challenging marketplace solutions to problems in the economics of information; economic modelling of investments in information resources at academic institutions; the economics of resource sharing consortia and document delivery; and measuring the costs and benefits of distance learning.</p>