id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-13556 Watson, Peter G. The Economics of Online Bibliographic Searching: Costs and Cost Justifications (Book Review) 1980-07-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1452 67 56 Computer-Supported Catalogs deals with alternative catalog forms such as the automated book form catalog system, printed book catalogs, and COM catalogs. The second section uses concepts from value engineering to give an overview of the main arguments that can be employed to justify those costs.- Either the on-line ser- vice must produce greater efficiency com- pared to the same task (bibliographic searching by librarians) performed in the old way, or it must be justified by its provi- sion of added value, in the form of en- hanced library service to patrons. cache/crl-13556.pdf txt/crl-13556.txt