Abstract
Many libraries which must limit personnel costs and yet add services need to examine how implementing new technology could provide one mechanism to address this dilemma. This report describes the cost considerations of developing a manual ordering program into a completely automated acquisitions and claiming program. The comparison of dial-up access to dedicated line access is described in terns of a reduction in the rate of cost increments. The effect of a growing ordering and claiming program is described in terms of the advantages which computerization holds. Miles Inc. benefited from the opportunity to incorporate new technology into a dynamic library program.
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