id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-13139 Morrison, Perry D. An Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods for Librarians (Book Review) 1978-03-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1420 64 51 College and Research Libraries of us are acutely aware of the escalating cost of delivering library services and of the sta- tic and declining budgets of libraries; likewise, we are aware of the many man- agement techniques that can be used to realign libraries' objectives and activities and to rationalize the budget process. Another contributor's suggestion that the business profit making model be applied to libraries to the extent that underutilized Recent Publications I 153 programs be dropped in favor of increasing support for highly used ones, that under- utilized services be sold, that library users be charged a fee, and his advice that librar- ies become the source and managers of all knowledge, information and data bases in the country (p.54) manifest an embarras- singly naive understanding of libraries and the knowledge industry. cache/crl-13139.pdf txt/crl-13139.txt