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Somerville, Mary R. – School Library Journal, 1989
Reviews the factors that tend to limit youth services budgets in public libraries, and discusses the need to collect relevant data on the use of libraries by children and adolescents to justify financial support of youth services. Strategies for collecting such data are outlined and appropriate resource allocation is discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Budgeting, Children, Demography
Colburn, Nell – School Library Journal, 1994
Gives 10 essential tips for building children's collections, including using a systematic spending plan; applying circulation figures; making replacement purchases a priority; getting more copies and fewer titles; allocating funds for popular paperbacks; buying paperback fiction; seeking basic skills materials; taking advantage of vendor services;…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Budgeting, Childrens Libraries, Childrens Literature
