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TREASURER FOR TURBULENT TIMES
At the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio I had the opportunity to present a new financial planning model to ALA's division officers during a…
LIBRARIES AND BUSINESS CYCLES
Malcolm GetzThe October 1987 market crash left a lot of library administrators asking, “When the Dow Jones crests, how are libraries affected? Although it's impossible to predict with…
IN THE NEWS
Bernard MargolisUpdate: Privatization. According to Carol Henderson, of the ALA Washington Office, NTIS met with potential bidders interested in the proposed privatization of NTIS in late…
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDING CREATE A NEW LIBRARY FOR TUCSON
Marcia King, Rita HamiltonOn November 18, 1987 we broke ground for the new main library building in Tucson, Arizona. A creative financing strategy involving the sale and leaseback of city‐owned buildings…
INSURANCE: Minimizing Your Loss and Managing Risk
Susan Laiming, Paul LaimingThe importance of insurance is frequently recognized only after a major loss. The attitude that fire and other hazards never happen “at home” has led to the faulty reasoning that…
VIEWPOINT: COMPARING LIBRARIAN AND TEACHER SALARIES IS VALID
Frank William GoudySome would have us believe that tieing librarians' salaries to teachers' salaries does not help librarians (see Betty Turock's editorial in The Bottom Line 1/1). She contends that…
THE BALANCE SHEET: How to Read It and How to Use It
Erica SteinbergLibrarians and corporate information center managers operate in worlds where speaking the language of finance is one of the requisites for the key to the executive washroom. But…
COST‐FINDING: The Wisconsin Experience
Elizabeth RichmondFew library administrators actually determine direct and indirect costs when projecting current service costs. In fact, the most common approach is to apply an inflationary factor…
COST ACCOUNTING BASICS: WHEN (OR) DO THEY APPLY TO LIBRARIES?
Sherman Hayes, Lawrence A. KleinShould public sector libraries, primarily not‐for‐profit service agencies, use cost accounting? The answer is an emphatic yes. Frequently, non‐librarians with little knowledge of…
MAKING THE MOST OUT OF STAFF ASSISTANCE
Gail McGovernNo matter the funding source—government agency, foundation, corporation—each designates staff to work with potential grantees.
OVERCOMING SOFTWARE SPECIALIZATION
Philip M. ClarkIn these heady days of spreadsheet programs, word processors, and database management software, we are confronted with a simple problem of software specialization: how to get that…
HOW NOW DOW JONES! AND THE ISSUE OF PREFERRED STOCKS
Gloria DinermanCommentary on the Crash of '87: What’s the best way to make a million dollars in the stock market? Start with two million.
A MARKET BASKET OF COMPUTER SUPPLIES
Michael SchuylerSupplies and suppliers are often given short shrift by vendors of computer systems. The simple statement, “Plan for supplies,” is often the only clue vendors give you that…
THE BUY DECISION
Virginia ButterworthWe've all heard the standard simplistic advice about stock market success: “Buy low, and sell high.” The opportunity to take this advice once again presented itself to investors…
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