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Peer reviewedTaylor, Raymond G., Jr. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Presents a model that calculates the conditions under which a library may adopt a highly service-oriented online catalog access policy at minimum additional cost. The use of arrival rates, service rates, and queueing calculations to arrive at a cost-effective policy is explained. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Library Expenditures, Library Policy, Library Services
Peer reviewedTyckoson, David A. – Technicalities, 1987
Summarizes three conference presentations on the effects of the economic climate on academic libraries in Iowa. These presentations focused on the impact of austerity budgets on collection development, library services and personnel, and possible management approaches to retrenchment in these areas. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Bergman, Jed I.; And Others – 1996
This book presents a historical review of five private research libraries in the United States and analyzes how these five nonprofit organizations managed the pressures of change that all nonprofits face. Part one contains five case studies: (1) the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens; (2) the Pierpont Morgan Library; (3)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrator Role, Budgeting, Case Studies
