Systematic Analysis of University Libraries: An Application of Cost-Benefit Analysis to the MIT Libraries

By Jeffrey A. Raffel and Robert Shishko

A study in the systematic policy analysis of the MIT Libraries. The study identifies two principal missions for the MIT library system: provide material for students' course work and provide material in general support of research at MIT. The problem is how to organize future library resources into a set of programs that best fulfill these objectives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262681412
• ISBN13: 9780262681414
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 107 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher