Accession Number:

AD0701187

Title:

LIBRARIES AND THE OTHER TRIANGLE UNDER THE DEMAND CURVE

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Newhouse, Joseph P.

Report Date:

1970-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

11.0

Abstract:

A simple theory of library services is presented. The theory was developed as a normative tool to aid libraries in answering the question which books should be bought by the library. Although developed for normative purposes, the theory generates testable predictions.

Descriptors:

• *MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• *INVENTORY
• *LIBRARIES
• COST EFFECTIVENESS
• COSTS
• DOCUMENTS
• PROCUREMENT
• INVENTORY ANALYSIS

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Information Science
• Economics and Cost Analysis

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE