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- The essential need to make the most of one's online budget
is a paramount concern for all information services. This comprehensive
volume surveys the nature of the costs involved in providing
an online search service, whether in an industrial, academic
or public environment. The papers included and the accompanying
analysis indicate the factors which had to be considered in a
cost-effective strategy for survival in the online information
community.
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- ISBN 0 947568 14 X
- 1987
- £25.00/US$46.00
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- 'Peter Bysouth has done an excellent job in selecting
papers which highlight the principal issues involved in choosing
online systems and services, calculating the costs involved in
online searching, assessing the benefits of online searching,
charging for online searching, the structural economics of the
online industry.'
- UKOLUG Newsletter
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- 'Librarians active in the field of online information
retrieval who fail to consult this volume will be doing themselves
a grave dis-service....'
- Library Review
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