Libraries and economic value: a review of recent studies
Libraries and economic value: a review of recent studies
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图书馆与经济价值：近期研究回顾
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2005
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Roxanne Missingham
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Roxanne Missingham
本文概述了近十年来图书馆价值研究的进展。最近的研究，使用或有价值的大英图书馆，南卡罗来纳州公共图书馆，佛罗里达公共图书馆和圣路易斯公共图书馆的方法和结果进行了总结。两个国家的书目服务（加拿大和新西兰）的研究进行审查，以证明应用价值研究的具体服务。或有价值研究的讨论重点是比较结果，并确定如何解释结果，以了解图书馆是否提供了积极的投资回报。然后，考虑到其他用途的或有价值和潜在的领域，进一步研究，如分析的最佳投资回报图书馆部门或服务。
This paper outlines the development of research into the value of libraries over the past decade. Recent studies using contingent valuation for the British Library, South Carolina Public Libraries, Florida Public Libraries and St. Louis Public Libraries are summarised both in terms of methodology and findings. Studies into two national bibliographic services ( Canada and New Zealand) are reviewed to demonstrate the application of value studies to specific services. Discussion of the contingent valuation studies focuses on comparing the results and to determine how the results could be interpreted to understand whether the libraries provided a positive return on investment. Consideration is then given to alternative uses of the contingent valuation and potential areas for further research such as analysis of the optimum return on investment for libraries by sector or service.