The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances

1989 The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances

doi: 10.1108/eb025176

The role of the federal government in the development of the nation's libraries has been the subject of passionate debate for over 30 years. The debate is heating up once again as the Library Services and Construction Act moves toward its 1989 deadline for reauthorization.

Alrutz, Thomas

1989 The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances

doi: 10.1108/eb025177

In this, the closing year of its tenure, the Reagan Administration seems to have moved slightly forward from its advocacy of zero funding for libraries. On April 18, 1988, Secretary of Education William J. Bennett submitted The library Improvement Act LIA of 1988 to Congress. This proposed legislation would completely replace the Library Services and Construction Act LSCA and Title II of the Higher Education Act HEA.

Margolis, Bernard

1989 The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances

doi: 10.1108/eb025178

Budgetary Standards for University Libraries. Hearings were held during the ALA Annual Conference on a proposed draft for Standards for University Libraries. Of particular interest are the standards set forth for budgetary support and sources. Included is the provision that university libraries make appropriate budgetary provision for repair, replacement, renovation, and investment in new and improved means of information acces and delivery.

Preston, Ronald

1989 The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances

doi: 10.1108/eb025179

In the history of federal programs for libraries from their conception in the 1930s through their inception in the '50s until now the consistency of issues and controversies has been striking, especially in the last 20 years. Everything significant being said now about federal programs for libraries was being said a decade ago. Everything librarians are seeking they've sought before. Everything being proposed in the administration's new library initiative has been adumbrated. The lines have been long drawn, the arguments mustered.

Vinson, Michael

1989 The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances

doi: 10.1108/eb025180

How much does it actually cost to order a book What impact, if any, would a vendor plan have on library expenses And what difference would it make to budget planning to have specific figures instead of the guesstimates on which many libraries rely

Devlin, Barry

1989 The Bottom Line Managing Library Finances

doi: 10.1108/eb025181

The literature on budget preparation is almost redundant in pointing out that librarians insist on sticking with the lineitem format despite evidence that it is the least effective means of developing the library's case for support. Perhaps we don't make the shift because we lack the understanding of the four major budgeting techniques line item, program, performance, and zerobased and thus can't evaluate their usefulness to our institutions.

Landry, Carolyn

1989 The Bottom Line Managing Library Finances

doi: 10.1108/eb025182

How valuable are statistical reports to libraries They can be very useful tools, creating a common frame of reference for library managers and trustees. They can help them gauge library support and suggest options for the future.

Kreamer, Jean T.

1989 The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances

doi: 10.1108/eb025183

Since librarians understand what it means to have a job devalued, to suffer from salary and other inequities, we would not expect them to inflict similar inequities on those whom they employ to run their library associations. But this supposition was challenged during a study of the benefits accorded state and regional association executive officers.

Hayes, Sherman

1989 The Bottom Line Managing Library Finances

doi: 10.1108/eb025184

The proliferation of articles in library literature about costs, cost studies, and the concepts of analysis and accounting is a positive sign of activity in the costcompetitive library world. Many articles, no matter the topic, contain some comments on costs. The articles in this bibiliography were selected because cost is the significant or entire emphasis on the material. I used traditional and library literature and ERIC sources, restricted the titles to the past 10 years, and excluded nonUnited States publications.

McGovern, Gail

1989 The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances

doi: 10.1108/eb025185

Many grant proposals requesting federal or state dollars would fare better by targeting local sources. Why Local funding sources have more commitment to the success of a local project than do regional, state, or federal sources fewer bureaucratic proceduresreporting requirements are involved in designing and implementing a locally funded project and no strings are attached to its continuation once the outside funding cycle has ended.