TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kingma, Bruce R.
TI  - The economics of information: a guide to economic and cost-benefit analysis for information professionals
SN  - 9781563088162
U1  - 658.15 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Libraries Unlimited, Inc.
PB  - Engelwood, Colorado
KW  - Cost effectiveness
KW  - Information science - Economic aspects
KW  - Economics
KW  - Decision making
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-191) and index
N2  - This book provides readers with an introduction to economics and cost-benefit analysis and will be particularly valuable to individuals who are, or plan to be, managers of information services in academic, public, or special libraries. Designed for those with little or no prior experience in economics, Kingma's popular and highly acclaimed text clearly presents the fundamentals that users need to develop basic skills for simple cost-benefit analyzes of goods and services. Significantly expanded and updated, it provides students, librarians, and information professionals with a useful introduction to economics and cost-benefit analysis, and it helps them make better financial and management decisions. Kingma's clear explanations of economic terms and models are illustrated with examples from library services and information markets-inter library loan, reference services, digitization projects, book and journal publishing, newspapers, photocopying services, computer software, and more. In this edition, new research and current examples of economic principles have been incorporated, and there is a new chapter on Internet economics and digital libraries
ER  -