期刊名称：LIBER Quarterly - Journal of European Research Libraries
印刷版ISSN：2213-056X
出版年度：2009
卷号：19
期号：1
页码：1-8
DOI：10.18352/lq.7952
出版社：Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals
摘要：The paper discusses the correlation between the growth of the gross national product (GNP) of Finland and the library materials costs of the academic libraries during thirty years (1977–2006). Statistical data were used in the analysis and it was found that there is some correlation between the trends of these two. The paper discusses different possibilities for interpretation of this outcome, but the authors draw the conclusion that it is clearly worth investing in libraries as one tool to improve the knowledge economy.
关键词：investment; research libraries; Finland; statistics; GNP
