The High Cost of Information and Some Approaches to Its Acquisition

J. Fetterman
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J. Fetterman: University Of Pittsburgh

Chapter 6 in The Organization and Retrieval of Economic Knowledge, 1977, pp 121-137 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The cost of information, especially in its imprinted form, has been rising at an exponential rate for more than twenty-five years. This cost increase is coupled with a similar increase in the amount of material being produced and the number of users requesting it.

Keywords: Documentation System; Input Cost; Research Library; Science Archive; Efficient Delivery System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1977
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-03325-6_7

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