The Bottom Line: Volume 18 Issue 3

Library advocacy starts at home

To give a quick and easy approach to library advocacy, with regard to the ongoing needs of keeping in touch with stakeholders due to poor or reducing government funding for public…

Library funding in a budget‐cut world

Given the common theme of budget cuts, one library presents its award‐winning story to provide information to a small community, extended from other common community and state…

Surviving the loss of state aid

Given the issue of massive state aid cuts, this library aims to address the issue of how to handle poor or non‐existent government funding for public libraries. This situation has…

Ten tips for advocacy: a look at cash for buildings

To find new ways to finance the construction of new libraries in the State of New Jersey, this paper seeks to use advocacy as the operational lens to get new buildings delivered…

Two million dollars times three

To address the issue of using grant funding in the US public libraries. With reduced funding as in most public libraries, the three New York City library systems have partnered…

Financial responsibilities of library boards

To guide library directors and their boards when financial issues arise – especially in finding a good balance on the level of involvement that the library board should have.

Who's your donor?: A practical approach to building a revenue‐producing library prospect database

To show how the use of a database of potential donors may increase the success of fund‐raising activities.

Preservation and metadata

To outline the various metadata schemes and digital initiatives undertaken by the library community to preserve material in digital formats.

The costs of public information

The more things change, the more they really change

Flights of fancy: can a library win when nature vs capitalism?