The Bottom Line: Volume 19 Issue 1

To get one's money's worth: library management with cost data

The purpose of this article is to give an overview of cost accounting methods and illustrate how they can be used in a library.

Supporting children and teens after school: a library approach

To report on New York Public Library's implementation of the Learning in Libraries initiative, which has the goal of serving New York City's children and teens more effectively.

Trends in funding of university libraries in Kenya: a survey

To investigate recent trends in funding and collection development in university libraries in Kenya.

Obasanjo Presidential Library: to be or not to be?

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the planned project to create the first presidential library in Africa, the Obasanjo Presidential Library.

Corporate sponsorships

To provide an overview of how corporate sponsorships can be successfully used by libraries.

Advancement 101: beginning a program at an American research library

The purpose of this article is to share the experience the University of Texas Library gained in starting up its development program.

The persistent plague of plagiarism

This article aims to introduce the numerous library web sites devoted to the issue of plagiarism.

Noteworthy and newsworthy

Brother, can you spare another $2.6 billion?

The price of doing business