Financial and Cost Management for Libraries and Information Services
β Scribed by Stephen A. Roberts
- Publisher
- K. G. Saur
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 432
- Edition
- 2
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Acknowledgements
Tables
Figures
Chapter 1: Context
Chapter 2: Resource management: strategies and techniques
Chapter 3: Financial management
Chapter 4: Information needs and requirements
Chapter 5: Methods of cost measurement
Chapter 6: Implementation of cost measurement
Chapter 7: Developments in managerial economics
Chapter 8: Applying principles to practice
References
Glossary
Appendices
Index
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