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2007

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R2 Library Review, Marie Kennedy, Margaret Wineburgh-Freed Dec 2006

R2 Library Review, Marie Kennedy, Margaret Wineburgh-Freed

Marie R. Kennedy

The R2 Library is an e-book product designed by Rittenhouse Book Distributors for medicine, nursing and allied health professionals. The collection is split into the three areas, or “libraries”: medicine, nursing and allied health. 


Is Our Cd/Dvd Collection Worth All This? A Cost-Per Use Study Of Accompanying Materials, Marie Kennedy Dec 2006

Is Our Cd/Dvd Collection Worth All This? A Cost-Per Use Study Of Accompanying Materials, Marie Kennedy

Marie R. Kennedy

Librarians have spent a considerable amount of time discussing cataloging and processing procedures for texts that have accompanying material.  The procedures are usually well-documented but elaborate; are our efforts worth it?  This research uses a time study to produce a time and materials cost per use for the CDs and DVDs in the collection of the Norris Medical Library.  Analysis shows that the time and materials costs per use of the CDs and DVDs at this library are relatively low, and that little change in the procedures used at this library are needed.