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Academic Library Fund-Raising: Organization, Process, and Politics.
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Martin, Susan K. – Library Trends, 2000
Discussion of fund-raising in academic libraries addresses issues of major gifts, capital campaigns, organization, staffing, constituency, and the role of the library development program within the academic community. Highlights include library administrator roles, goals, centralized versus decentralized development, and creating a major-gifts…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Role, Fund Raising, Higher Education
Financial Management of Libraries: Past Trends and Future Prospects.
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Roberts, Stephen A. – Library Trends, 2003
The financial environment within library and information services is reviewed and a structure for financial management is presented based on funding source and level of commercial activity. Objectives for financial management of library and information services is developed and reviewed in light of future trends and stakeholder perspectives.…
Descriptors: Costs, Futures (of Society), Information Services, Library Administration
Forty-Five Years after Lamont: The University Undergraduate Library in the 1990s.
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Engle, Michael O. – Library Trends, 1995
Discussion of the development of undergraduate libraries focuses on Harvard's Lamont Library. Topics include financial issues, including sources of revenue, computerization, and personnel costs; technological changes, including hypermedia and the virtual library; and organizational changes, highlighting the merger of libraries at Cornell…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Higher Education, Hypermedia
Factors for Success: Academic Library Development Survey Results.
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Hoffman, Irene M.; Smith, Amy; DiBona, Leslie – Library Trends, 2000
Discusses the results of a nationwide survey (57 survey questions) of academic libraries that investigated fund-raising programs, including personnel involved; goals and costs of fund-raising; library donors, friends, and advisory groups; priorities; and factors of success, including involvement of the director and time on task. A copy of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Role, Costs, Donors
Special Collections Outside the Ivory Tower.
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Allen, Susan M. – Library Trends, 2003
Discussion of special collections materials focuses on independent research libraries. Topics include how collection development differs; who they serve; access to the collections, including digital access; and future challenges, especially the need for increased financial support, changes in scholarly communication, and the need for increased…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Library Collection Development
The Economic Behavior of Academic Research Libraries: Toward a Theory.
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Liu, Lewis G. – Library Trends, 2003
Examines the economic behavior of academic research libraries, arguing that academic research libraries seek to maximize universities' utility by expanding library collections. Findings are consistent with those from a previous study using a different ranking system and sample data and reconfirm that library collections contribute significantly to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Economics, Higher Education, Library Collection Development