by:
Kingma, Bruce R.

Publisher:
Libraries Unlimited
Published:March 15, 2001
ISBN:1563088169
Format:Paperback
Pages:180

Description: From Book News, Inc.
An introduction to economic issues associated with information management, for library managers and librarians, and for students in M.L.S. and M.I.S. degree programs. Presents the fundamentals of economic analysis, describes the concept of market failure, and demonstrates the tools and applications of cost-benefit analysis. Explains basic economic concepts, focusing on information goods and services and the application of economics to information markets. Includes chapter summaries and questions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description:
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 analyses 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-interlibrary 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.