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Hider, Philip – Library Quarterly, 2008
An application of the contingent valuation method (CVM) for estimating the economic value of a regional public library service is described, and some of the key methodological issues surrounding CVM and other stated preference techniques are discussed with reference to library use and funding contexts. Given the range of valuations that can result…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Services, Computation
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Hicks, Donald A. – Library Quarterly, 1980
Addresses the possibility of diversifying the resource base of public libraries dependent on property taxes for funding through the setting of fees for library services, and reports on a pricing policy adopted by the Dallas Public Library System. Twenty-seven references are cited. (FM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Feasibility Studies, Fees, Financial Policy
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Molz, R. Kathleen – Library Quarterly, 1978
Summarizes the current fiscal setting of public libraries and discusses the effects of these financial support structures on service priorities, the central library system, and future funding. (CWM)
Descriptors: Federal Government, Financial Problems, Financial Support, Library Services
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Bookstein, Abraham – Library Quarterly, 1981
Proposes a model of library output as an abstract quantity, and relates it to other components of library performance. The consequences of basing library funding on such measurable outputs as circulation are also examined in light of the proposed model. A 13-item reference list and four figures are provided. (JL)
Descriptors: Economic Research, Financial Support, Libraries, Library Circulation
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Goudy, Frank William – Library Quarterly, 1982
Presents the results of a study conducted to determine the allocation of general revenue sharing funds to libraries from 1973 through 1977 and to estimate the impact of these funds on library budgets around the country. Data are summarized in 6 tables and a reference list is included. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
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Turock, Betty J. – Library Quarterly, 1987
Data collected from 318 libraries across the United States are used to (1) identify, describe, and compare the extent and variety of current library services for older adults with those in 1971, and (2) measure variables in organizational support and suggest how they might influence service provision. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Programs, Comparative Analysis, Demography
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Olden, Anthony – Library Quarterly, 2005
The Tanganyika Library Service (TLS) was the national public library service set up in Tanzania, East Africa, in the 1960s. By the end of the decade, it was generally regarded as a model of Western-style public library development in Africa. This is an account of its establishment and early years based on accessible documentary sources in Tanzania…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Development, National Programs, Public Libraries