Mukesh Saikia

Library Technical Services: Time and Cost Analysis Mukesh Saikia

Technical Services in libraries traditionally has been a costly, labour-intensive operation and over burdened with redundancies. Automation has increased productivity. With same number of staff more jobs can be accomplished and they can be done better. There can be more efficiency as well as more output with the application of computer. The study of time and cost analysis of technical services is necessary in order to streamlining the services particularly due to ever increasing number of reading materials and their cost on acquisition, technical processing and preparation for use. In this book, attempt has been made to identify the time and cost on every unit of work of all technical services. At the same time, manpower required to perform these jobs has also been ascertained which would be useful guidelines for library managers. This professional reference will be useful to all LIS professionals concerned with technical services regardless of their affiliation. This book is a guide to forecast, plan, implement for successful management of library technical services.