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Electronic Reference Works and Library Budgeting Dilemma
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Lawal, Ibironke O. – Acquisitions Librarian, 2007
The number of electronic resources has climbed up steadily in recent times. Some of these e-resources are reference sources, mostly in Science, Technology and Medicine (STM), which publishers convert to electronic for obvious reasons. The library budgets for materials usually have two main lines, budget for one time purchase (monographs) and…
Descriptors: Libraries, Reference Materials, Reference Services, Electronic Libraries
On the Economics of Reference Service: Toward a Heuristic Model for an Uncertain World.
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Kuhlman, James R. – Reference Librarian, 1995
An econometric model of library reference service is suggested for revision and improvement of current services. Discussion focuses on costs and budgets, expanding needs, and community support. (AEF)
Descriptors: Budgets, Community Support, Cost Effectiveness, Econometrics
The Changing Role of the Library Director: Fund-raising and the Academic Library.
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Martin, Susan K. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
With increased costs and decreased funding, it will be increasingly necessary for academic library directors to become heavily involved in fundraising, or development. Discussion includes systems development; funding sources; staffing and organization; and impacts of fundraising on the administration, staffing, and organization. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Fund Raising, Higher Education
Libraries and Learning.
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Handlin, Oscar – American Scholar, 1987
The role of the research library and issues in access to increasing quantities of information are discussed, including the problems of cataloging and classifying information and the barriers to access often created by librarians. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Budgets, Cataloging, Classification
State Plans under the Library Services Act: Supplement 3. A Progress Report: The First Five Years, Fiscal Years 1957-61. Bulletin, 1963, No. 14. OE-15012-61
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Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
A 1956 Office of Education study showed that 26 million rural residents were without any public library service and that more than 300 rural counties had no public library within their borders. An additional 50 million rural residents had only inadequate service. Congress passed the Library Services Act in 1956 to stimulate the further development…
Descriptors: Educational History, Operating Expenses, Statistical Data, Counties