Presents the 1997 U.S. Periodical Price Index sponsored by the Library Materials Price Index Committee of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association. Finds that the average price increased 9.9%, .9% below 1996's rate. Includes seven tables, a chart, and a summary sheet. (PEN)

Presents state-level analyses of revenues and expenditures for the 1997-1998 school year, using both unadjusted and cost-adjusted dollars. Data are from the National Public Education Financial Survey, part of the Common Core of Data. (SLD)

Presents four steps that PTAs can use in developing a budget: determine the programs and projects to be carried out for the coming year; make realistic estimates of how much each will cost and how they will be funded; seek approval from the board and membership; and establish a system for keeping track of how well the projected budget is matching…

Examines whether Georgia K-12 educational spending increased following the Georgia Lottery for Education. Finds a positive and significant relationship between lottery revenues and local education expenditures. However, lottery expenditures did not lead to a meaningful increase in educational spending during the sample time period. Discusses…

Describes several strategies for obtaining funding for library automation, including convincing management of the importance of automating; buying computer parts individually; upgrading gradually; subscribing to a CD-ROM service that includes equipment; identifying equipment by function (e.g., database search units); trading off less important…

Data from the National Evaluation of School Nutrition Programs (a sample of 5,977 students) were used to develop estimates that somewhat less than half of each additional dollar of National School Lunch Program benefits is used by households to supplement food expenditures, and all of each additional dollar of School Breakfast Program benefits is…

Describes the services offered to librarians by book vendors and addresses the effects of increasing costs and decreasing funds on library acquisitions and publishers as well as on vendors. The costs of ordering and processing library materials are discussed, and labor-saving devices in acquisitions are suggested. (LRW)

Discusses rare books in library collections and problems that are encountered with theft and/or preservation. Highlights include the effects of online auctions on the Internet; costs of replacing lost materials; and libraries that keep valuable books in the circulating collection, stamping them and subjecting them to use that devalues them. (LRW)

Attempts to explain the differences between education costs and expenditures and explains the differences in the "unit price" of teachers in different regions and differences over time in the level of inflation. Also examines indices that can be used to make judgments about the differences in costs and outlines a plan to derive an index for school…

A study identified and compared spending patterns of 3 groups: (1) Medicaid recipients (n=2,262); (2) insured families (n=621); and (3) uninsured families (n=654). A higher proportion of Medicaid families' members are covered; insured families spend a larger proportion of total expenditures for health care and less for food, apparel, and services.…

Presents national and state information on public education finances, including revenues by source, current expenditures by function, and current expenditures per pupil. (Author)

Presents universe data on public education finances, including national and state data on revenues by source, current expenditures by function, and current expenditures per pupil. Data are from the National Public Education Financial Survey, part of the Common Core of Data. (Author/SLD)

Presents survey results on operations and maintenance expenditures and management comparisons among the 50 universities and colleges considered to have "works-of-art" campuses. Among the study's conclusions is the idea that what makes a campus a "work of art" or award winner does not appear to be reflected in what they spend on plant operations…

Purpose: The purpose of this work was to, among frail dually eligible older adults, determine risk factors for the likelihood of using Medicare home health and Medicaid home health services and to, among service users, determine correlates of Medicare home health, Medicaid home health, and Medicaid waiver service expenditures. Design and Methods:…

In recent years an increasing number of publishers have adopted tiered pricing of journals. The design and implications of tiered-pricing models, however, are poorly understood. Tiered pricing can be modeled using several variables. A survey of current tiered-pricing models documents the range of key variables used. A sensitivity analysis…