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Peer reviewedHewitt, Joe A.; Panitch, Judith M. – Library Trends, 2003
Reviews the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) activities regarding special collections. Highlights include local and collaborative approaches; budget pressures; access to special collections; digitization programs; recruiting qualified staff; results of a survey of ARL special collections; and the need for ongoing statistics for special…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Budgets, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKing, Geraldine B. – Library Trends, 1983
Current trends in public library reference service include use of online systems; budget constraints in public sector; increased service; use, training, and supervision of paraprofessionals; centralized organization of reference service; participation in management of reference services; and more realistic attempts at measurement and evaluation of…
Descriptors: Budgets, Databases, Library Administration, Library Automation
Peer reviewedFasana, Paul J. – Library Trends, 1973
Systems analysis can and should be used in any situation where there is a need to measure performance and a reasonable possibility of being able to develop more efficient routines. Increasingly, systems analysis is being used by librarians in other areas of library activity, such as budgeting and management. (29 references) (Author)
Descriptors: Budgets, Cost Effectiveness, Librarians, Libraries
Peer reviewedBelanger, Terry – Library Trends, 2003
Includes a 1991 lecture on the future of rare book libraries and a commentary from 2003. Topics include paper-based collections versus electronic resources; changes in general research libraries; budget shortages; changing priorities; reformatting library materials; and education for rare books and special collections librarians. (LRW)
Descriptors: Budgets, Futures (of Society), Library Collections, Library Education
Peer reviewedMcCrossan, John A. – Library Trends, 1978
The increasingly important role of state library agencies in coordinating planning and evaluation of all types of library services statewide are discussed. Formal statements on state agency roles, and state and federal legislation on planning are also included. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Budgets, Coordination
Peer reviewedEastlick, John T.; Schmidt, Theodore A. – Library Trends, 1975
Library service programs during the 1960s were mainly supported by federal funds. Since 1969 the costs of these programs seem to have been absorbed into regular library budgets. (PF)
Descriptors: Budgets, Disadvantaged, Federal Aid, Library Expenditures
Peer reviewedRaimo, John W. – Library Trends, 1985
This discussion of the problem of funding college and university media centers outlines the general categories of available support, assesses current prospects of attracting funds for instructional technology in higher education, and explores the implications that a media center poses for a library's internal budget policy. Twenty-nine references…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Fees, Financial Support
