Vanderbilt University Library
Technical (and Related) Services
Time and Cost Study 2000/2001
Cost Study Home Page
Cost Study Purpose:
The several library technical services operations are interested in better understanding time allocations for the various functions within their operations over time. Through periodic samplings of time and related costs, we expect to have improved historical information on which to make decisions on staffing and other resource allocation.
We are also interested in gathering data that we can compare with other institutions. In this Cost Study effort we are working with Iowa State, Cornell, University of California at Santa Barbara, and University of Missouri-Kansas City, using the methodology originally developed by Dilys Morris at Iowa State.
Dates
Position Numbers
Data Sheets, Recording and Reporting Procedures
List of Documents
Participants and Contacts
Time
X Cost = Enlightenment: Understanding the Nature and Impact of Technical Services
Costs
(PowerPoint presentation for ARL Committee on Measurements and Statistics and
for the New York Technical Services Librarians meeting, October/November 2000.)
For more information on any aspect of the Cost Study process contact your team
leader, unit or department head.
For information on the study itself, contact Flo
Wilson.
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