The Information Dilemma: A Critical Analysis of Information Pricing and the Fees Controversy

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While much of the original fervor of the user fee controversy has subsided, the issue of charging for library services remains a sensitive point. ...it is a pleasure to encounter Kibirige's clear and reasoned account of the fees question. ... Kibirige begins with an excellent overview of the development of the digital computer and automated information systems. Keeping his use of intimidating jargon to a minimum, he sketches a brief history of the new information technology which is both readable and informative. ...this book should be in libraries serving library and information science students and professionals providing online retrieval services.-Journal of Academic Librarianship
"While much of the original fervor of the user fee controversy has subsided, the issue of charging for library services remains a sensitive point. ...it is a pleasure to encounter Kibirige's clear and reasoned account of the fees question. ... Kibirige begins with an excellent overview of the development of the digital computer and automated information systems. Keeping his use of intimidating jargon to a minimum, he sketches a brief history of the new information technology which is both readable and informative. ...this book should be in libraries serving library and information science students and professionals providing online retrieval services."-Journal of Academic Librarianship

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HARRY M. KIBIRIGE is Assistant Professor of Information Science at the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College of the City University of New York. He is the author of The Information Dilemma: A Critical Analysis of Information Pricing and the Fees Controversy (Greenwood Press, 1983). In addition, he has published several articles and conference papers on information systems analysis, design and management.