The Bottom Line: Volume 17 Issue 2

Cataloging: how to take a business approach

Ruth Fischer, Rick Lugg, Kent C. Boese

In this paper, ten standard business principles are considered in relation to library cataloging. These principles are intended to suggest methods that may decrease the time…

Collection management in the electronic environment

S.P. Singh

Describes briefly the impact of Information Technology on collection management in libraries and also on the librarian's role. Discusses the factors affecting collection…

Web search engine advertising practices and their effect on library service

David Moxley, Joni Blake, Susan Maze

Librarians have traditionally helped users meet their information needs by providing access to vetted sources. This changed when Internet access to the Web was introduced into the…

Buyer‐seller relationships: how libraries can make the system work

Glen E. Holt

While there is always the potential for dissatisfaction in any buyer‐seller relationship, some libraries have been more successful than others in negotiating with vendors. Even…

Moving your Advisory Board to a fundraising mission

Mary Ann Houff Shields

Having unsuccessfully attempted to garner community support, awareness and funding in the past, the University Library at the Indiana University‐Purdue University Indianapolis…

Electronic journals redux

John Maxymuk

When academic journals in electronic format were introduced, librarians eagerly anticipated a drop in wildly escalating journal prices. After all, publishers incur no paper costs…

Interview with Glen E. Holt

Noteworthy and newsworthy

Eileen Fitzsimons

Can we afford to be perfect in an imperfect world?

Kent C. Boese