2006 Awards for Excellence

The Bottom Line

ISSN: 0888-045X

Article publication date: 1 December 2006

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Citation

(2006), "2006 Awards for Excellence", The Bottom Line, Vol. 19 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/bl.2006.17019daa.002

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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2006 Awards for Excellence

The following article was selected for this year’s Outstanding Paper Award for

The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances

"Ten tips for advocacy: a look at cash for buildings"

Tina KereszturyNew Jersey State Library, Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Purpose – To find new ways to finance the construction of new libraries in the State of New Jersey, this paper seeks to use advocacy as the operational lens to get new buildings delivered to library users. Design/methodology/approach – Using construction as a framework, the author gives a checklist of ten factors on which to develop one’s advocacy program for construction.

Findings – Funding for libraries is difficult and hard to secure and all types of government allocations are becoming increasingly competitive to secure. This look at finding alternative approaches, using bonds and other activities, will give librarians real solutions to crushing problems of facilities.

Originality/value – The ten factors of advocacy, using construction as an example, such as when and how to do presentation and which contacts to develop and exploit, are part of the value of this paper. State resources are commonly a long-"term process in securing, so librarians setting these factors in place could develop the needed long-term relationship for securing funds for new buildings or any other new activity. 2006 Awards for Excellence

Keywords: Bonds, Buildings, Federal Government, Grants, Public libraries, United States of America

www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/08880450510613588

This article originally appeared in Volume 18 Number 3, 2005,

The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances

The following article was selected for this year’s Highly Commended Award

"The Canadian National Site Licensing Project and the logic model"

Ellen Hoffman

This article originally appeared in Volume 18 Number 1, 2005, The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances

"Potential for fee-based library services in Pakistan"

Khalid Mahmood

Abdul Hameed

Syed Jalaluddin Haider

This article originally appeared in Volume 18 Number 4, 2005, The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances

"PILOT payments: a potential revenue source for public libraries"

Jerry Nichols

This article originally appeared in Volume 18 Number 4, 2005, The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances

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