The Bottom Line: Volume 18 Issue 2

Library funding in Nigeria: past, present and future

To document current sources of revenue for Nigerian libraries, and offer suggestions for alternative funding. Nigerian libraries nation‐wide depend mainly on annual budget…

Funding Nigerian libraries in the 21st century: Will funding from alternative sources suffice?

To address the issue of poor government funding for Nigerian libraries. This situation has led many librarians over the years to explore the possibility of raising additional…

The effects of a price increase on cybercafé services in Abraka, Nigeria

To survey the effects of a general price increase on cybercafé services in Abraka, Nigeria. The price increase introduced in September 2004 by the Association of Cybercaf�…

Library myths that affect performance

To show that many of the old ways in which people think about libraries are not based on fact, but rather on fiction. Many ideas that library managers hold to be truths are, in…

Creating partnerships that pay off

To assist library development staff in redefining who their library donors and constituency are in order to broaden the donor pool.

Staff resources

To show that despite libraries' tendencies to focus all their efforts – even in the online environment – on developing tools, resources, and finding aids for their patrons, some…

Turn off the lights, the party’s over

The new bookshelf

American Library Association Conference news

Editorial