The Bottom Line: Volume 20 Issue 1

An old tool with potential new uses: return on investment

The purpose of this paper is to examine potential new uses of return on investment (ROI) in alternative methods for library assessment and valuation.

The federal alternative minimum tax and the library director's salary in New Jersey

The federal alternative minimum tax (AMT) portion of the annual federal income tax filing procedures is destined to have severe effects on the compensation and take home pay of…

Budget systems used in allocating resources to libraries

The purpose of this article is to provide information about many different budgeting systems that are used to allocate resources to libraries.

Measuring the economic value of special libraries

This study aims to present a new approach to measuring the economic value of special libraries, including certain time‐saving effects that the contingent valuation method…

Economic realities in optimizing library materials access

This paper sets out to provide an overview of the economic realities in optimizing library materials access.

Remember the annual fund!: Small steps to build and sustain a library annual giving alumni program

The purpose of this article is to share ideas for increasing alumni library donors through a university's annual giving efforts.

Online communities

This paper seeks to explore how new communication technologies could be used in a library.

Coming up in professional development

Emerald at 40

The new bookshelf

Call for papers