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LJ's 2010 Budget Survey: Bottoming Out?
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Kelley, Michael – Library Journal, 2011
In this article, the author presents the results of "Library Journal's" 2010 budget survey. The overall trend in FY10 indicated that 72 percent of survey respondents said their budget had been cut, and 43 percent had staff cuts. Among libraries serving populations above one million, these figures were even more acute, with 86 percent reporting…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Educational Technology, Budgets, Surveys
Growing Readers: Wendy Wilcox--West Bloomfield Township Public Library, MI
Library Journal, 2005
In 2001 youth services librarian Wendy Wilcox begged her boss for the chance to make West Bloomfield Township Public Library (WBTPL) one of 20 demonstration sites for the Public Library Association (PLA)/Association for Library Service to Children initiative Every Child Ready To Read. While all participating libraries teach parents and caregivers…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Recognition (Achievement), Librarians, Library Services
Ripple Effects: Budgets Grow Modestly, but Energy Costs Cloud the Horizon
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Oder, Norman – Library Journal, 2006
In this article, the author reports the ripple effects of the energy squeeze due to Hurricane Katrina and other factors that sent energy costs skyrocketing. Energy costs are a good part of why budget growth, which has been steady over the past five years, has been slowing down. The projected change from FY2005 to FY2006 is only 3.3%, compared to…
Descriptors: Costs, Public Libraries, Energy, Energy Management
California's Reference Crisis.
Childers, Thomas A. – Library Journal, 1994
Social and economic issues affecting the vitality of public libraries in California are discussed. A 1993 study by the California State Library identified diminishing reference skills and reference collections, reduced funding which impacted staffing, increased demand, technology change, and language/culture issues as contributing factors to…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Library Collections, Library Networks, Library Role
Automated System Marketplace 1995: The Changing Face of Automation.
Barry, Jeff; And Others – Library Journal, 1995
Discusses trends in the automated system marketplace with specific attention to online vendors and their customers: academic, public, school, and special libraries. Presents vendor profiles; tables and charts on computer systems and sales; and sidebars that include a vendor source list and the differing views on procuring an automated library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer System Design, Futures (of Society), Information Industry
Who's Using the Public Library?
Scheppke, Jim – Library Journal, 1994
Compares public library use surveys conducted in 1948 by the American Library Association and in 1991 by the National Center for Education Statistics. Results indicate that public library use by both adults and children has risen dramatically, but library use by minorities and low income adults has changed very little. (KRN)
Descriptors: Adults, Change Strategies, Children, Comparative Analysis
The Future Revisited.
Mason, Marilyn Gell – Library Journal, 1996
Reviews earlier predictions about technological change in libraries, finds that providing equal access to information remains the library's mission, and forecasts the future. Topics include ownership versus access, electronic resources, information infrastructure, users, levels of service fees, circulation, librarians as "information…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing, Fees