Information technology budgets and costs: Do you know what your information technology costs each year?

Discusses yearly information technology costs for academic libraries. Topics include transformation and modernization activities that affect prices and budgeting; a cost model for information technologies; life cycle costs, including initial costs and recurring costs; cost benchmarks; and examples o...

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Published inThe Journal of academic librarianship Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 238 - 243
Main Author Dugan, Robert E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.07.2002
Elsevier Science
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Academic Libraries
Accountability
Administration
Benchmarking
Budgeting
Costs
Exact sciences and technology
Higher Education
Information and communication sciences
Information science. Documentation
Information service management
Information Technology
Libraries
Library and documentation centre management
Library Research
Library technology
Life Cycle Costing
Organizational management. Staff and equipment management
Price
Sciences and techniques of general use
Costs
Economic model
Library management
Financial management
Budget
Economic aspect
Library
Information technology
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Summary:Discusses yearly information technology costs for academic libraries. Topics include transformation and modernization activities that affect prices and budgeting; a cost model for information technologies; life cycle costs, including initial costs and recurring costs; cost benchmarks; and examples of pressures concerning cost accountability. (LRW)
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ISSN:0099-1333
1879-1999
DOI:10.1016/S0099-1333(02)00288-4