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HRD-82-66 1 (1982-04-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdek0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL Ak CC N T UP WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RMOURCZ2 oIVISION4 April 15, 1982 B-207120 The Honorable Orrin G. HatchlllII11 Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources 118217 United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: National Library of Medicine's Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System( (HRD-82-66) This report is in response to your September 30, 1981, request for information on the National Library of Medicine's (NLM's) pro- vision of information products and services through its Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLARS) and the related Index Medicus publications. Specifically, you requested that we provide the information by April 15, 1982, for use during the Committee's consideration of legislative action regarding NLM's recovery of costs through user charges. OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY As agreed with your office, the objectives of this review were to develop information, to the extent possible, on: --The capital and other one-time costs, and the annual operating costs to the Government of providing informa- tion products and services through MEDLARS and through the Index Medicus publications. --The percentage of costs recovered through user charges and sales of computer tapes and publications. --The volume of use associated with each type of user, including the top 10 commercial users. --The extent to which NLM's policy for recovering costs through user charges complies with relevant statutes and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circulars. (102547) 6..

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