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Diggins, Nyree – Australian Special Libraries, 1995
Provides a practical example of how to demonstrate the library as a cost-saving center, through evidence of financial savings on books and periodicals, facilitating a way to communicate that the net cost of the library is small. (Author/JKP)
Descriptors: Books, Costs, Library Administration, Library Expenditures
Missingham, Roxanne – Australian Special Libraries, 1994
Outsourcing has been proposed as a method for improving effectiveness and productivity in Australian public library service. Developments, drawbacks, and potentials are discussed, and differences between contracting out whole services as opposed to selected activities are examined. (AEF)
Descriptors: Costs, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Library Administration
Lakey, Kathleen – Australian Special Libraries, 1994
A survey of 92 corporate and government libraries in Victoria, Australia, reveals that 64.8% were restructured over the last 5 years. Reasons for outsourcing; services being outsourced; the impact of budgets; and the use of service fees are examined. (AEF)
Descriptors: Budgets, Corporate Libraries, Facility Inventory, Fees
