The Bottom Line: Volume 16 Issue 4

Read ’em and weep

As many large, urban areas have struggled to maintain a questionable building or build a new public library, the federal city, Washington DC, is not without similar conflicts. Add…

After‐costs of library construction: a case study of Lied Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

All library construction or renovation projects are complete when contractors leave the site, staff and library users occupy the new space, and the accounts funding the project…

What every library can (and should) do to increase private support through planned gifts

Everyone knows an outright gift when they see it: a one‐time gift of cash, or a pledge, a permanent gift of manuscripts, or a gift of appreciated stock which is sold by the…

Comparing consortial and differential pricing models

In these days of shrinking budgets, libraries are ever more concerned with refinement and accountability in collection development. Evidence‐based decisions are becoming the rule…

Overcoming the financial difficulties of hosting a national conference in Nigeria: the Nalise 2002 experience

This paper reports the financial aspect of the 2002 National Association of Library and Information Science Educators (NALISE) – Nigerian library and information science…

Building your library major gift prospect portfolio

Yes, there are life lessons here: my final regards

2003 budget doom wrap-up

Going wireless

If you want my 2¢ worth

Old and new in central libraries