The Bottom Line: Volume 15 Issue 3

Do librarians dream of electronic serials? A beginner’s guide to format selection

In this beginner’s guide, the authors review considerations for format selection decisions. There is no one‐size‐fits‐all solution when it comes to how libraries make format…

A case study of successful library fund‐raising: the right mix of deliberate strategy, “opportunity knocks” and “Lady Luck”

In November 1998, the new Fondren Library Center (FLC) was dedicated at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. This building, connecting the main Fondren Library…

Science resources: does the Internet make them cheaper, better?

Over the past several years the price of science, technical and medicine (STM) materials has been increasing steadily at a rate unimaginable and unexplainable in economical terms…

The ever changing financial focus on serials pricing

Desktop library

Extension of purchasing power through use of approval plans rather than standing orders for monograph-like materials

Aligning the Stars: Organizing Professionals to Win

Beyond the Dot.coms: The Economic Promise of the Internet

Long-range financial planning for libraries

Pitching the powers-that-be: how do librarians "sell" library projects to their campus fundraisers?

Financial managers should act with peace, precision and pride

If you want my 2¢ worth

Internet Outsourcing Using an Application Service Provider: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Librarians