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33. Please indicate below which library operations have been/will be studied for their financial value
and which methods(s) were/will be used. Check all that apply. N=10
Ownership of the library’s circulating
collections
3 1 2 2 3 2 —
6
Ownership of the library’s special
collections
5 — 2 2 1 2 —
6
Circulation/use of local or borrowed
physical items (volumes, DVDs, etc.)
2 5 1 1 2 1 —
6
Electronic books 3 1 1 2 2 1 — 4
Electronic journals/articles 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 8
Reference services 1 4 1 1 2 — — 6
Library expertise 1 2 2 1 2 1 — 3
Other library operation/service — 1 — — — — — 1
Response Count 7 5 3 2 3 2 1 10
If you checked “Other library operation/service,” please briefly describe that operation/service.
Use of items borrowed for our patrons from other library systems. Consultations. Distributing Cornell created content
through Cornell’s institutional repository. Cornell patrons’ use of pre-prints from arXiv.org (scientific pre-print e-service).
If you checked “Other method,” please briefly describe the method(s).
Assigned time-savings value calculated savings per full-text article.
Assigned
market
value
to
owning
an
item
Assigned
market
value
to
transaction
Calculated
contribution
to
research
outcome
Calculated
contribution
to
grant
income
Calculated
contribution
to
educational
outcome
Contributions
to
faculty/student
recruitment
Other
method Response
Count
33. Please indicate below which library operations have been/will be studied for their financial value
and which methods(s) were/will be used. Check all that apply. N=10
Ownership of the library’s circulating
collections
3 1 2 2 3 2 —
6
Ownership of the library’s special
collections
5 — 2 2 1 2 —
6
Circulation/use of local or borrowed
physical items (volumes, DVDs, etc.)
2 5 1 1 2 1 —
6
Electronic books 3 1 1 2 2 1 — 4
Electronic journals/articles 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 8
Reference services 1 4 1 1 2 — — 6
Library expertise 1 2 2 1 2 1 — 3
Other library operation/service — 1 — — — — — 1
Response Count 7 5 3 2 3 2 1 10
If you checked “Other library operation/service,” please briefly describe that operation/service.
Use of items borrowed for our patrons from other library systems. Consultations. Distributing Cornell created content
through Cornell’s institutional repository. Cornell patrons’ use of pre-prints from arXiv.org (scientific pre-print e-service).
If you checked “Other method,” please briefly describe the method(s).
Assigned time-savings value calculated savings per full-text article.
Assigned
market
value
to
owning
an
item
Assigned
market
value
to
transaction
Calculated
contribution
to
research
outcome
Calculated
contribution
to
grant
income
Calculated
contribution
to
educational
outcome
Contributions
to
faculty/student
recruitment
Other
method Response
Count
