几年前,图书馆资料价格索引委员会主席建议:该委员会应当成为资料费用研究的交流场所。为了给这方面的活动收集资料,该委员会在几家图书馆杂志上发表广告,征询图书馆工作者将他们当地图书馆资料费用的研究报告寄给委员会。尽管呼吁,响应却令人失望。然尔,资料费用的高涨却表明,图书馆在八十年代面临着最严峻的挑战。最近 A few years ago, the Chairman of the Library Information Price Index Committee suggested that the committee should become a venue for the exchange of information costs. In order to collect information on this aspect of the activity, the Commission published advertisements in several library magazines and consulted library workers on the cost of their local library materials to send to the Commission. Despite the call, the response was disappointing. However, the high cost of data shows that libraries are facing the most serious challenges in the 1980s. recent