The Bottom Line: Volume 16 Issue 2

What are the fiscal impacts and/or challenges for libraries belonging to consortia? A bibliographic guide

Provides a brief bibliographical guide to five articles covering success factors for consortia. Outlines cumulative findings.

Not financial issues alone: moving towards better resource sharing in Pakistan

Awareness of resource sharing in Pakistan in its present day form is a phenomenon of the 1980s. This is primarily attributed to problems encountered by libraries with regard to…

Managing library association finances, two scenarios: American Association of Law Libraries and the Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers Association

The sound financial management of an association requires more than creating and following a budget. It needs accountability, a complete knowledge of the association and its…

Operational efficiencies in acquisitions to minimize the impact of budget cuts upon library materials budgets

Because of recent US economic decline, the impact of budget cuts has been felt in most US economic sectors, including the materials budgets in libraries. Budget cuts or reversions…

If you want my 2¢ worth

Library branding for young adolescents: learning from Barbie and Mickey

Achieving fund raising success via psychological motivation theory

The bad, the great and the consortium dollar

Spotlight on financial issues

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