The Bottom Line: Volume 25 Issue 1

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Table of contents

Peter Drucker on marketing: application and implications for libraries

Cynthia K. Robinson

The purpose of this article is to discuss Peter Drucker's theory of marketing in the context of strategic planning and change (innovation) in libraries. With the need for change…

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The policy/procedure manual, part II: Procedures that complement good policies

Gary Fitsimmons

This article's purpose is to show the “why” and “how” of making well thought‐out procedures.

1274

Three phantom budget cuts and how to avoid them

Terrance (Terry) Cottrell

This paper explains how library budgets can be cut in ways that are quick and unexpected. The purpose of this paper is to provide reasoning for these cuts with strategies for…

4149

A big piece of wrong

Kirstin Steele

The purpose of the paper is to share a perspective new to the author, regarding how acquisitions problems in the library grow and present themselves.

201

Service desk shuffle

James R. Lund

The purpose of this article is to encourage public librarians to consider replacing two service desks with one.

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Technology is a gift that must be fed

Anthony McMullen

The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into issues encountered in maintaining library technologies on a limited budget and with limited personnel.

409

Development: what's in it for you?

Michael A. Crumpton

The purpose of this paper is to advocate for the importance of staff support for library development activities.

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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