Allocating the Academic Library's Book Budget: Historical Perspectives and Current Reflections.

Werking, Richard Hume

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ERIC Number: EJ376564

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Publication Date: 1988

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Allocating the Academic Library's Book Budget: Historical Perspectives and Current Reflections.

Werking, Richard Hume

Journal of Academic Librarianship, v14 n3 p140-44 Jul 1988

Discusses issues involved in the allocation of book funds in academic libraries. The topics covered include faculty versus librarian control of book budgets, evaluation criteria and measurement techniques that have been used to determine allocations, and the problems with rigid mathematical approaches to allocations. (35 notes with references) (CLB)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Budgeting, College Faculty, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Library Collection Development, Library Expenditures, Library Role, Measurement Techniques, Needs Assessment, Resource Allocation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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