On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, G.R.Stubbs wrote:
> 1) open access storage on library shelves
> rent for office accommodation in this area is GBP 80/m2
> Library shelving at 1.2m between stacks stores 135.85 vols/m2
> So, one could quote an annual rental cost per volume of GBP 0.59
> Staff costs for circulation, administartion, cleaning, etc we calculate
> as GBP 0.77 per volume
> Total annual cost is GBP 1.36 per volume
I'm not a librarian (and I don't even pretend to play at being one on the
Net :-) ) but shouldn't this include the purchase cost of the journals if
you're going to compare it to the 12 quid charge from the BL? And also is
time to end user delivery a cost factor that has to be assessed some how
(ie you might loss X million pounds in research funding for the
institution per year if you had to wait for BL delivered documents rather
than having the punters get stuff off the shelf. Or something like that)?
Tatty bye,
Jim'll
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