The Bottom Line: Volume 20 Issue 4

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Imperfect reflections: The challenges in implementing human capital assessment in libraries

Larry Nash White

This is the second of two papers on the benefits and challenges of human capital assessment. The purpose of this paper is to review the most common challenges that library…

1026

Dollars and sense in library crises

Glen Holt

The purpose of this article is to discuss how to best handle a crisis in a library.

511

Digitized books

John Maxymuk

The purpose of this paper is to discuss how some companies are scanning books to make the text fully searchable.

828

Grant funding for libraries

Laura A. Sullivan

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the sources for grants funding available to libraries

1418

It's not the dollars, it's the politics

James W. Marcum

The purpose of this article is to discuss library budgets.

559

The information supermarket

Kirstin Steele

The purpose of this paper is to examine how finances in an academic library might differ from household finances; in particular, how a library budget might be unbalanced…

499

The importance of managing strategically

Mott Lin

The purpose of this paper is to argue that it is important to think strategically when managing a library.

1829

Library leadership

Gary Fitsimmons

This paper aims to introduce the column and the idea of library leadership as it relates to library finances. It distinguishes between good leadership (dynamic) and good…

1793

People matters

Bob Kieserman

This paper aims to present several common scenarios that occur in most libraries regarding interpersonal conflict between employee and employee and/or employee and library…

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Cover of The Bottom Line

ISSN:

0888-045X

Online date, start – end:

1988

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Professor Susanne Durst