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Shelf-ready: A cost-benefit analysis

2011; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 35; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.lcats.2011.04.002

1873-1821

Rebecca Schroeder, J.L. Howland,

Library Science and Information Literacy

Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library conducted a time-task cost study to compare the cost and processing time of shelf-ready books to non-shelf-ready books to determine if it could better use its human resources and if it should expand the use of shelf-ready to include its approval books. The results showed that shelf-ready was, on average, 5.7% cheaper, took 47% less processing time, and arrived on the shelves 33 sooner than books processed in-house. Based on the results of the study, the library moved its approval books to the shelf-ready program and was able to reallocate catalogers tasks.