The cost of library collections
Posted in Library budgets on Oct. 7, 2009 by Pat Tully
Why does it cost so much for the books, journals and other materials in the library’s collections? It is a long story:
The basics
The library’s acquisitions budget is used to purchase or provide access to books, journals, electronic resources, DVDs, CDs, and rare books and archival material—all the content that our students and faculty use for [...]
