Internetkosten, OeBs: Cost of providing Internet Access (fwd)

["H. Bork" <bork _at__ plb.de>]

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Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, 
das von unseren amerikanischen Kollegen in web4lib, s.a.
	http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/
, eroerterte Thema 'Internetkosten' (und auch die Zeitschrift ?) 
koennte ja einige unter uns, zumal in OeBs, interessieren,
ein schoenes Wochenende allen wuenscht hbk ;-)

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Joe Schallan wrote ...

Schneider, Karen G., "The Tao of Internet Costs,"  <I>The Bottom
Line--Managing Library Finances<I>, Volume 11, Number 2, 1998,
pp. 52-64.  (ISSN 0888-045X)

Abstract: 
"Using data from 
*The 1997 National Survey of US Public Libraries and the Internet*,
listserv postings [that would be us!], and the author's 
own research and consulting experiences, 
[this article] explores the current financing of 
US public library Internet connectivity and services. 
[The author] asserts that analyzing 
the costs of Internet services in libraries 
is different from any previous services offered by libraries. 
[The author] begins to establish a 
concise vocabulary and framework for 
understanding Internet costs in libraries."

I would specifically direct David and others interested in
costing each public station to Figure 3 in the article, which
lays out one-time and recurring costs for each component
of connectivity.  Following this framework, I think David
can probably arrive at a figure reasonably close to the
one he is looking for.
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