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Main Title Business case for information services : EPA's regional libraries and information centers /
Author Huffine, R. ;
CORP Author Stratus Consulting, Inc., Boulder, CO.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Environmental Information.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information,
Year Published 2004
Report Number EPA 260-R-04-001; EPA-GS-10F-0299K
Stock Number PB2006-114835
OCLC Number 55126502
Subjects Special libraries--Evaluation ; Environmental libraries--United States--Evaluation ; Information services--Evaluation ; Library surveys--United States ; United States--Environmental Protection Agency--Libraries--Evaluation ; United States Environmental Protection Agency--Information services--Evaluation
Additional Subjects United States--Environmental Protection Agency--Libraries--Evaluation ; United States--Environmental Protection Agency--Information services--Evaluation ; Information centers ; US EPA ; National government ; Librarians ; Environmental issues ; Sites
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/epa260r04001.pdf
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=P1001SBK.PDF
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified
Checkout
Status
EJAD  EPA 260-R-04-001 Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA 08/27/2004
EJBD  EPA 260-R-04-001 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 09/06/2005
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 260-R-04-001 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD RPS EPA 260-R-04-001 repository copy AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 03/10/2017
ESAD  EPA 260-R-04-001 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 12/15/2008
NTIS  PB2006-114835 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 21 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency's network of regional libraries and environmental center libraries provides substantial value to the Agency, its professional staff, stakeholders, and the public. Calculated conservatively, the benefit-to-cost ratio for EPA library services ranges between 2:1 and 5.7:1. Libraries and librarians are nonetheless a significant investment, costing the Agency roughly $6.2 million annually to operate and maintain. It is an opportune time to initiate an Agency-wide dialog on the extent and nature of library services at the Environmental Protection Agency.
Notes
Cover title. "Project lead: Richard Huffine." "EPA 260-R-04-001." "January 2004."