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NREN'S FUTURE: A ROLE FOR LIBRARIES?
BETTY TUROCKIn 1990, when the bill was introduced in Congress to create the National Research and Education Network (NREN), a proposed high‐capacity electronic highway of interconnected…
THE HIGH COST OF LOW SALARIES: STRONG REASONS FOR PAY EQUITY
Janice J. KirklandLow salaries have both direct and indirect fiscal impact on libraries as well as on librarians. Low pay leads to high turnover which in turn leads to the extra costs of frequently…
STARTING A FEE‐BASED SERVICE IN A RURAL AREA
Diane RichardsIn order to serve the growing needs of the business community while maintaining service to its primary clients, North Dakota State University Libraries began a fee‐based…
CHANGE AND RESISTANCE: THE COST/BENEFIT FACTOR
Sara FineThis article looks at organizational activity within libraries with the assumption that the human cost of change must be a factor in planning. If that cost outweighs the human…
ELECTRONIC DATA FROM GPO: ITS FINANCIAL IMPACT ON DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES
Debbi SchaubmanThe Depository Library Program was established to provide government information to the general public. The libraries that are appointed to this program assume complete fiscal…
FINANCIAL REPORTING THROUGH THE AUDIT
Annelles HoogcarspelFinancial reports are important for several reasons. They provide evidence of wise fiscal management and are a valuable public relations tool. External auditors are employed to…
FRINGE BENEFITS: OBVIOUS AND HIDDEN
SHERMAN HAYES, SUSAN P. GASKELLFringe benefits may add 15 to 30 percent to the real cost of labor in your institution! If you are responsible for the budget, they could have both a professional and personal…
BREAKING THROUGH FOR LITERACY
Susan GoldbergBette Fenton, Communications, Public Relations, and Minneapolis Sales Development Director for the Star Tribune, a Cowles Media newspaper, has been instrumental in providing…
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR LIBRARY SERVICES: FEASIBLE OR MYTHICAL?
Joseph EisnerAs time goes by, procedures change, needs vary, equipment wears out or becomes obsolete, and materials are offered in new formats. Thus, the library administrator overseeing the…
NEW (PRINTER) WORLDS TO CONQUER
Philip M. ClarkAcquiring a major new piece of equipment is usually exciting. You have great expectations of all the new things you can accomplish. But the experienced computer person also…
NO HITS
Malcolm GetzIn 1989–90, 32 percent of the searches of the electronic catalog at the Vanderbilt University Library yielded “no item found,” that is to say, the searches were “no hits.” More…
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