The Bottom Line: Volume 6 Issue 2

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LIBRARIES AND ECONOMIC CHANGE

MURRAY S. MARTIN

The state of the U.S. economy is causing some media pundits to issue gloomy reports deploring the decline of manufacturing and the concomitant growth of the service sector. There…

MAKING THE MOST OF A LIMITED BUDGET

MURRAY S. MARTIN

This year Gaye Rizzo, the librarian of the Wilson Branch of the Windsor (Conn.) Public Library, received the Special Achievement Award from the Connecticut Library Association…

IN THE NEWS

MURRAY S. MARTIN

The Productivity Oversight Committee of Norfolk, Va., recognizes a good idea when it sees one. An award was given to the Norfolk Public Library, where the children's department…

THE POLITICS OF BUDGETING

Carla J. Stoffle

Political concerns are an integral part of any library's budgeting process. This article identifies the various constituencies who must be won over during budget development…

DONOR RESEARCH CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIBRARY'S FUNDRAISING EFFORTS

Dennis C. Tucker

Libraries, which have often been less than methodical in their approach to fundraising, can benefit by doing prospect research as it is performed by other not‐for‐profit agencies…

LIBRARY AUTOMATION CONSORTIA: WHAT FEES SHOULD MEMBERS PAY?

Barbara A. Ketterer

The author of this article, Barbara A. Ketterer, conducted a survey for the Libraries of Middlesex Automation Consortium (LMxAC) in New Jersey. In addition to providing some…

SERIALS DUPLICATES EXCHANGE PROGRAMS: COSTS AND BENEFITS

Lynn Branche Brown

Libraries undertake many activities to stretch budget dollars and “get more for less,” enhancing their collections at the least cost. In some instances, these programs also are…

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN THE '90s

PHILIP M. CLARK

Back in 1986 I wrote a chapter titled “Designing a Spreadsheet Decision Support System in a Library” for a book edited by Peter Hernon and Chuck McClure, Micro‐computers for

HUMAN RESOURCES AND THE BOTTOM LINE: MISTAKES ARE COSTLY!

Sherman Hayes

At first glance, the typical human resource management activities of hiring and firing do not appear to be directly related to finance, accounting, and the bottom line. Each of…

CARGILL CARES: A Library/Corporate Partnership Program

Susan Goldberg

In early 1992, the American Library Association announced a new partnership with Cargill, a worldwide company based in Minneapolis that is a major merchandiser, processor, and…

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