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Sauls Model

  • 80/20 Rule--Twenty percent of your information resources should satisfy 80% of your information needs.

  • Inflation of print legal materials

    Titles   Total Price   Average Price % Change Price Index
1998 914 $350,689.56 $383.69    100
1999 914 $387,035.33 $423.45 10.36% 110.36
2000 914 $408,830.39 $447.30 5.63% 116.58
2001 914 $469,972.26 $514.19 14.96% 134.01
2002 914 $513,874.35 $562.23 9.34% 146.53
2003 914 $532,853.61 $582.99 3.69% 151.94
2004 914 $565,473.11 $618.68 6.12% 161.25
Source:  AALL, Price Index for Legal Publications 2d (2005)
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