FUNDING LIBRARY SYSTEM SERVICES: A National Survey

Abstract

Not much information is broadly shared about how current system and resource library funding formulas operate. Do the formulas encourage or discourage certain programs or services? How are systems and resource libraries funded across the country? These questions are vital to systems looking for fiscal models that work. Having examined the costs of basic services provided by the seven Colorado regional library service systems and the Colorado Resource Center (CRC) previously in the Bottom Line (Fall 1990, pp. 18–24), this second article reviews the current funding formulas for the systems and the CRC.

Citation

Dahlgren, A.C. (1991), "FUNDING LIBRARY SYSTEM SERVICES: A National Survey", The Bottom Line, Vol. 4 No. 4, pp. 20-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb025306