How much are technical services worth? Using the contingent valuation method to estimate the added value of collection management and access

Library Resources and Technical Services

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 254-262

  Hider, Philip ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 55249117060     PISSN: 00242527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/lrts.52n4.254     Document Type: Article

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15. Hider, Philip, "Using the Contingent Valuation Method for Dollar Valuations of Library Services," Library Quarterly 74, no. 4 (Oct. 2008), forthcoming.
16. Harless and Allen, "Using the Contingent Valuation Method to Measure Patron Benefits of Reference Desk Service in an Academic Library."
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19. These points are explored in greater depth in Philip Hider, "Using the Contingent Valuation Method for Dollar Valuations of Library Services."
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