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Cost recovery and usage tracking of CD-ROM databases with menuing software
A S Nista1, K M Albert, B M Lewis
1Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140.
Medical Reference Services Quarterly
|December 5, 1991
Abstract:
CD-ROM database products are in widespread use and offer potential cost savings over online products. Many libraries would find a cost-benefit analysis useful. Libraries often do not have sufficient funding simply to underwrite all costs related to CD-ROM workstations. Inexpensive menuing software permits usage tracking for data analysis and cost recovery of CD-ROM subscription, start-up, and operating costs. This article will explore the approach taken at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia to recover CD-ROM related expenses through user fees.