Developed to assist Alabama libraries in their choice of delivery systems to bring library services to isolated populations and to provide guidance for better utilization of library resources, this statewide study examines books by mail and bookmobile systems. Although bookmobile services are better received by users, they are more costly than…

This booklet on the finance of education is designed for nonfinancial administrators and trustees of institutions of higher education. It is meant to familiarize such educational officers with basic concepts, ideas, terminology, and practices in the financial realm. No attempt is made to present analytical details, economic elaborations, or…

While many libraries joined the trend to convert to the Library of Congress classification scheme in the 60's and early 70's, DePaul University Library never made a definitive decision about retaining Dewey or converting to LC. The realization that benefits from standardized classification can be realized using the Dewey system and cost…

Public library statistical data for the state of Colorado is presented in tabular form for seven general interest areas: per capita circulation, per capita volumes available, salaries as a percent of total expense, library material as a percent of total expense, income from local sources as a percent of total income, income from the state as a…

This guide to zero base budgeting (ZBB) offers information intended to be useful to those implementing this system in schools. Beginning with an explanation of zero base budgeting, the paper then enumerates the advantages of such a system. Zero base budgeting design is then explained as well as the assumptions that underlie the system. Suggested…

The data presented in this report come from the Bureau of the Census in the annual Survey of Industrial Research and Development. Information includes: (1) R&D expenditures by U.S. firms rose 12% between 1977 and 1978 to a total of $33.4 billion; (2) the increases in U.S. industrial R&D activity reflected in R&D funding were confirmed in…

TO DETERMINE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG COSTS OF SPECIALIZED VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL CURRICULA AND GENERAL OR LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULA, PROGRAMS AT EIGHT PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES WERE ANALYZED, AND THE TOTAL COSTS OF EDUCATING A STUDENT IN EACH CURRICULUM WERE COMPUTED. SEVEN CONCLUSIONS ARE OFFERED--1) MOST OCCUPATIONAL AND TECHNICAL CURRICULA COST MORE PER…

The income and expenditures of the associated students are reported in detail for the school year 1967-68. Income accounts include sales of associated student cards, admission to athletic events, and the operation of the book store, cafeteria, and snack bar; expense accounts include athletics, art, music, drama, student government, student…

More than 500 television news directors were surveyed in a study of the effects of three factors--multiple ownership of stations, newspaper crossownership, and cable television use--on the quality of local news programing. For purposes of the study, "quality" was defined in terms of expenditures for news programing (greater expenditures…

This report studied the alternative method of using book duplicates as replacement copies for worn or missing stack items. The simple operational procedure which is proposed and evaluated could be adapted to virtually any library setting. When tested in Brigham Young University's Lee Library, it was found that such a procedure cost an estimated…

In this report, a task force appointed by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) to prepare a plan for a National Periodicals program recommends a three level program consisting of: (1) local, state, and regional library systems responsible for meeting a substantial portion of routine needs for periodicals; (2) a…

Given the need for a large stimulus by the federal government in the short-run and given the need for structural reform on our budgeting and taxing process over the long-run, what is likely to happen to federal expenditures for higher education? Two issues likely to arise are: (1) in this next year there is absolutely no excuse for holding back…

Revenue sources and expenditures of county governments itemized in this report include national totals on county finances, county financial amounts, and percent distribution. Other subjects covered include expenditure by character and object, indebtedness and debt transactions, cash and security holdings, county utilities and liquor stores,…

This manual specifies in detail the new budget and accounting system for California Community Colleges, utilizing an activity-centered approach to expenditure reporting which describes real resource requirements, their costs, and relative use in each of the 37 discrete activities comprising community college operations. The system is designed to…