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Activity-Based Costing (ABC) and Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC): Applicable Methods for University Libraries?
Kate-Riin Kont,Signe Jantson +1 more
TL;DR: An overview of how university libraries research and adapt new cost accounting models, such as “activity-based costing” (ABC) and “time-driven activity- based costing’ (TDABC), focusing on the strengths and weaknesses of both methods to determine which of these two is suitable for application in university libraries.
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What do acquisition activities really cost? A case study in Estonian university libraries
TL;DR: The TDABC approach was used to analyze the acquisition process in university libraries and covered acquisition processes such as receipt of orders, ordering documents and sheet music.
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How to optimize the cost and time of the acquisitions process
TL;DR: It can be said that the acquisitions procedure is more labor-intensive than any other library procedure both historically and nowadays.
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Cost accounting and scientific management in libraries: a historical overview
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the history of cost accounting, costing, and time and motion studies, which were initially developed for industry and private sector organisations, in libraries, and attempt to deal with the question of when and why the need for the evaluation of costs and the standardisation of different library work processes emerged.
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How Much Does It Cost to Catalog a Document? A Case Study in Estonian University Libraries
TL;DR: Time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) as discussed by the authors helps libraries to get a better picture of the cataloging activities that they are actually engaged in, and their costs, through a case study conducted among Estonian university libraries, the TDABC approach was used to analyze the activities of cataloging process in two university libraries.
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