The study was based on an economic model by Professor Bruce R Kingma. Interlibrary loan patrons were surveyed during the fall of 1994 and financial data was collected on the costs of interlibrary loan and journal subscriptions at these four libraries. Decision rules on the economic efficiency of access by interlibrary loan versus a journal subscription are presented in chapter VI of this study.
Chapter VII provides more detailed decision rules.
This article discusses the fixed cost factors of the service, insights gained about the actual costs, and the framework of additional cost factors influencing overall cost effectiveness of the cooperative. You can also obtain sample copies of any Haworth Press titles from the address above.