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Batson, Donald – 1975
This study sought to determine (1) the attendance of public librarians in government documents workshops, (2) the familiarity with and use of selection and reference tools, (3) the amount of money spent for the purchase of government publications, (4) the receipt of government publications from congressmen, and (5) if special courses in government…
Descriptors: Government Publications, Librarians, Library Acquisition, Library Expenditures
Jones, Kay F. – Library Journal, 1987
Reports results of a biennial survey of public libraries serving populations of 100,000 or more, including data on per capita expenditures, directors' salaries, and beginning professional salaries. Sixteen tables break down data by region, size of population, and sex of director. Three references are listed. (MES)
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Administration, Library Expenditures, Library Surveys
Palmer, Carole – American Libraries, 1992
A 1991 survey of 53 public libraries serving populations greater than 25,000 showed library circulation is increasing at a steady rate, whereas library expenditures for materials (measured in 1980 dollars) decreased in the past year. This survey showed the largest annual increase in circulation since the survey began in 1980 and the first decrease…
Descriptors: Library Circulation, Library Expenditures, Library Statistics, Library Surveys
Smith, Robert C. – 1977
This study was developed on the hypothesis that economic inflation reduced the purchasing power of local support for public libraries from 1967 through fiscal 1976. The total local support for public libraries in each county in each year of the study was adjusted from the reported nominal amount to the relative Consumer Price Index value of 1967…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Financial Support, Inflation (Economics), Library Expenditures
Sayre, Ed; Thielen, Lee – 1975
This report presents a model developed to examine costs of public library services, such as reference, circulation, and special programs, to be used by librarians in implementing a program budget and planning a budget system. Allocations for personnel costs, materials costs, costs of supplies and services, technical processing costs, reference use…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Costs, Librarians, Library Circulation
Dougherty, Richard M.; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1989
Nine articles cover topics related to library financial resources: (1) escalating serials prices; (2) library budgeting; (3) entrepreneurship; (4) cutback management; (5) academic library budgets; (6) assessment of library effectiveness; (7) public library fund-raising; (8) capital investment; and (9) unit cost analysis at the Virginia Polytechnic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education
Palmer, Carole – American Libraries, 1991
Reports circulation and expenditure statistics for public libraries for 1980-90, based on a representative sample of 53 U.S. public libraries serving a population of over 25,000. Data include figures for adult circulation, juvenile circulation, salary expenditures, material expenditures, and circulation and expenditures per capita. (LRW)
Descriptors: Library Circulation, Library Expenditures, Library Materials, Library Statistics
Wallace, Danny P. – 1982
Using data provided by the annual reports of Illinois public libraries and by the Illinois state library, this publication is a companion to the November 1982 issue of "Illinois Libraries," which enumerated the 16 data elements upon which the analyses are based. Three additional types of information are provided for each of six…
Descriptors: Library Expenditures, Library Networks, Library Services, Library Surveys
Goldhor, Herbert – 1985
The Index of American Public Library Circulation dates back to 1939, and the Index of American Public Library Expenditures to 1951. These indexes are based on annual reports from a sample of all American public libraries serving more than 25,000 people each. Using the 1982 American Library Directory, the researchers identified 1,586 public…
Descriptors: Correlation, Foreign Countries, Indexes, Library Circulation
Johnson, Shirley B. – 1978
New York's library system, which helps to attract desirable information related industries, is endangered by inflation and budget stringency. Library costs have increased more rapidly than the general price level. Technological improvements, cost-saving in the long run, require initial capital outlays. The growth of book collections must keep pace…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Economic Factors, Financial Support, Inflation (Economics)
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California State Library, Sacramento. – 1978
Results of a statewide survey of public libraries in California conducted in September, 1978, to gather information about the impact of Proposition 13, the Jarvis-Gann Tax Limitation Initiative, on library services are summarized. Data from the 141 libraries which responded to the survey are organized in groups of comparative statistics,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Income, Library Expenditures, Library Surveys
Wright, Lisa A. – American Libraries, 1996
Presents statistics from the 1995 Index of American Public Library Circulation, including the index of library expenditures (salary expenditures, material expenditures, and others), adult and juvenile circulation figures, circulation per capita, expenditures per capita, expenditures per circulation, and material expenditures per capita. (LRW)
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Library Circulation, Library Expenditures, Library Materials
Turock, Betty J. – 1987
This study, which updates the 1971 "National Survey of Library Services to the Aging," was undertaken in 1986 to identify, describe, and compare the extent and variety of current services with those in 1971; measure variables in organizational support and suggest how they might influence service; and make recommendations for future…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Library Expenditures, Library Extension, Library Services
Heim, Kathleen M.; Kacena, Carolyn – Library Journal, 1979
Presents the rationale, method, results, analysis, and discussion of a survey of public libraries in the United States and Canada which asked for sex of director, director's salary, director's length of tenure, size of population served, per capita support, and beginning professional salary. This study extends work by Carpenter and Shearer (1972).…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Administration, Library Directors, Library Expenditures
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Willett, Holly G. – Library and Information Science Research, 1989
Describes a study that used survey questionnaire and case study methodologies to compare proportional relationships among services to children, teenagers, and adults in California public libraries during fiscal years 1977-78 and 1982-83. It is concluded that the findings both support and refute the belief that youth services received limited…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Library Expenditures
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