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STAGNANT BUDGETS: Their Effects on Academic Libraries

Murray S. Martin (Special Assistant to the Provost for Library Planning Tufts University)

The Bottom Line

ISSN: 0888-045X

Article publication date: 1 March 1990

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Abstract

For many years, academic librarians worked in a fiscal environment of rapidly increasing budgets. Management of growth was the major problem. Today, though, most academic librarians face “steady‐state”—or stagnant—budgets. This situation, more pronounced in recent years, has been with us for more than a decade, a fact most librarians and university administrators have been slow to recognize. These budgets require new fiscal management techniques whose key words are cost containment, substitution, choice, and priorities.

Citation

Martin, M.S. (1990), "STAGNANT BUDGETS: Their Effects on Academic Libraries", The Bottom Line, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 10-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb025237

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1990, MCB UP Limited

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