The cost of a medical text book, the individual subscription price for a print or electronic journal, or the cost of a single reprint of a journal article is often available by searching Amazon or a journal providers website. The difficulty is in determining the value of a single use of a journal. You might want to assume that each use is equivalent to the cost of obtaining a single article.
The public library may be able to provide interlibrary loans.
The cost of photocopies, computer access and printing can be set to what Kinko's or a simliar store charges.
The value of a class taught by a librarian could be compared to the cost of a continuing education class at a community college or a software training company, assuming the class content is available from those sources.
A list of estimated or average values with explanation
Resource or Service |
Estimated Retail Value |
Values Explained |
|---|---|---|
| Book | $115.00 |
Average cost of a print book purchased by an academic medical library in 2007 |
| Print Journal | $35.00 |
Estimated cost to purchase a single copy of an article from a publisher |
| Ejournal | $35.00 |
Estimated cost to purchase a single article from an ejournal vendor |
| Interlibrary Loan | $18.00 |
The maximum charge for interlibrary loans available through Docline |
| Reference Questions Answered | $45.00 |
Information broker's fee |
| Mediated Searches | $75.00 |
Information broker's fee for a search |
| Class Contact Hours | $30.00 |
Per hour charge for continuing education computer class from a local college |
| AVs used or borrowed | $50.00 |
Estimated cost of one AV title |
| Self Service Photocopies | $.10 |
Per page price of photocopies at a public library |
| Meeting Room Use per Hour | $50.00 |
Estimate |
| Computer Use, e.g., Library catalog, Internet and MS Word, per hour | $12.00 |
Price for standard computer software access at FedexKinkos; Printing is extra so you may want to add printing as a service to calculate. FedexKinko's charges $.49/page B&W, $.89/page color (St. Louis 2/2008) |
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