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CREATING A FINANCIAL FUTURE
One of the consultants most popular in today's corporate board rooms, Michael Porter, has an important message for libraries, both public and private. Porter examines…
FINANCING LITERACY THROUGH LIBRARIES
Murray MartinSince the Industrial Age has given way to the Information Age, our attention has been focused on the new electronic media. But sometimes we forget that even electronic information…
IN THE NEWS
Murray MartinLibrary of Congress Faces a Severe Budget Crisis. “An essentially declining annual appropriation has begun to erode the Library's ability to serve the nation,” said Librarian of…
CLASS RELATIONSHIPS: Circulation Data, Collection Development Priorities, and Funding for the Future
William A. Britten, Judith D. WebsterEvery year the gap widens between materials published in almost every subject and the number of books and journals that even the wealthiest research libraries are able to acquire…
USING MONEY TO MAKE MONEY
Barbara Ruth CampbellInvesting money can be extremely easy, but most of us shy away from making financial decisions that smack of risk, even though we are perfectly willing to buy a house with a…
VENDOR ACCOUNTS: Creating a Cost‐Monitoring System
Laurie McFaddenThe Document Supply Service at AT&T Bell Laboratories experienced a crisis in the fall of 1988. It was not monitoring the expenditures for external suppliers of documents, even…
FINDING FUNDING FOR LIBRARY SERVICE TO NATIVE AMERICANS
Beth Fine“Today the imperative need of Indian communities in the field of education is a need to know; to know the past …and to know about the world that surrounds them in the same…
ME AND MY SHADOW:: The IRS! Tax Issues Facing Library Managers
Joseph J. Newpol, Sherman HayesThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and various state tax agencies are likely to touch your life as a library administrator either directly or indirectly. “Wait a minute!” you say…
LIBRARY ENDOWMENTS:: Building Equity
Susan GoldbergMany libraries, academic and public, are beginning to consider establishing endowment funds based on models successfully employed in hospitals, academic institutions, and major…
STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES
Malcolm GetzThe costs of alternative methods of storing data have changed significantly as electronic systems have evolved. Moreover, we expect the average level of costs to continue falling…
INVESTING IN EUROPE
Patricia M. ClearySpurred by the headline‐making political changes in Europe, a new economic era is dawning over the continent. It is hoped that by 1992, unified free trade will be achieved…
CHECKING OUT FINANCIAL PLANNERS
Charles SchwartzFinancial planning may be a leading growth industry, but it has little regulation. Although the majority of financial planners are legitimate, the potential for trouble is there…
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