Cost Comparisons Between Bibliographic Utilities and CD‐ROM‐Based Cataloging Systems

Abstract

There are three major cost areas to consider when selecting an automated system for cataloging: purchase/one‐time costs; ongoing costs; and staff resource costs. Staff resource costs are affected by such issues as hit rate, quality of records, ease of original cataloging input, the ease of transferring new records into the library's catalog, ease of ongoing catalog maintenance, system response time, and the related amount of downtime. Model worksheets are presented for calculating these costs for various bibliographic utilities and CD‐ROM‐based cataloging systems.

Citation

Chao, D. (1989), "Cost Comparisons Between Bibliographic Utilities and CD‐ROM‐Based Cataloging Systems", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 49-52. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb047765