Information science and information policy: The use of constant dollars and other indicators to manage research investments

Albert Henderson

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999, vol. 50, issue 4, 366-379

Abstract: Indicators that match the conservation and dissemination of information with its production may improve management of research investments. Constant dollar spending on research is compared with constant dollar spending on libraries 1960–1995. Price's exponential growth constant is compared with constant dollars spent on academic research and on libraries. An evaluation of the indirect cost policy by which library costs are reimbursed as a function of science grant management suggests that it has failed to promote cost‐effective research. An evaluation of the impact of various information technologies finds enhancements to dissemination but misconceptions of their potential for savings.

Date: 1999
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