Biomaterial Database

A cost-sharing formula for online circulation and a union catalog through a regional, multitype library cooperative. 1987

R D Arcari

Central Educational Services, University of Connecticut, Farmington 06032.

The experience of the Capitol Region Library Council and the University of Connecticut Health Center in developing a cost allocation formula for a circulation and online catalog shared by twenty-nine libraries is reviewed. The resulting formula identifies a basic unit cost as a minimum for each system participant.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007993	Libraries, Medical	Collection of information resources relevant to MEDICINE.	Libraries, Health Science,Libraries, Biomedical,Library, Medical,Medical Libraries,Medical Library,Biomedical Libraries,Biomedical Library,Health Science Libraries,Health Science Library,Library, Biomedical
D008001	Library Technical Services	Acquisition, organization, and preparation of library materials for use, including selection, weeding, cataloging, classification, and preservation.	Library Services Technical,Services, Library Technical,Services, Technical Library,Technical Library Services,Technical Services Library,Libraries, Technical Services,Library Service, Technical,Library Services, Technical,Library Technical Service,Library, Technical Services,Services Technical, Library,Technical Library Service,Technical Services Libraries
D009862	Online Systems	Computer-based Information systems having real-time remote access to information or processes.	On-Line Systems,On Line Systems,On-Line System,Online System,System, On-Line,System, Online,Systems, On-Line,Systems, Online
D002383	Catalogs, Union as Topic	Works about lists of books and other information sources held among a cooperating group of LIBRARIES.	Union Catalog as Topic
D003237	Connecticut	State bounded on the north by Massachusetts, on the east by Rhode Island, on the south by Long Island Sound, and on the west by New York.
D003361	Cost Allocation	The assignment, to each of several particular cost-centers, of an equitable proportion of the costs of activities that serve all of them. Cost-center usually refers to institutional departments or services.	Cost Apportionment,Cost Shifting,Allocation, Cost,Allocations, Cost,Apportionment, Cost,Apportionments, Cost,Cost Allocations,Cost Apportionments,Cost Shiftings,Shifting, Cost,Shiftings, Cost
D003365	Costs and Cost Analysis	Absolute, comparative, or differential costs pertaining to services, institutions, resources, etc., or the analysis and study of these costs.	Affordability,Analysis, Cost,Cost,Cost Analysis,Cost Comparison,Cost Measures,Cost-Minimization Analysis,Costs and Cost Analyses,Costs, Cost Analysis,Pricing,Affordabilities,Analyses, Cost,Analyses, Cost-Minimization,Analysis, Cost-Minimization,Comparison, Cost,Comparisons, Cost,Cost Analyses,Cost Comparisons,Cost Measure,Cost Minimization Analysis,Cost, Cost Analysis,Cost-Minimization Analyses,Costs,Measure, Cost,Measures, Cost