Download or read book Budgeting for Accountability in Libraries written by Gerald R. Shields and published by Metuchen, N.J : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financial Management in Academic Libraries written by Robert E. Dugan and published by Assoc of College & Research Libraries. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Financial Management in Academic Libraries explores the connection between financial management and accountability, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability, and demonstrates how to capture them in a realistic, data-supported budget. Among the different units of an academic institution, the library has an advantage in that its managers can link these concepts to the library's infrastructure, its staffing, collections, services, and technology. Focusing on these components can enable everyone in the library to work to achieve organizational sustainability over time and advocate for their place in the institution"--Provided by Amazon.com.
Download or read book Effective Financial Planning for Library and Information Services written by Duncan McKay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is a concise guide to financial planning, with definitions of financial terms and the key processes involved, which also provides tips on how to present your budget most effectively to secure funding. As pressures of business increasingly affect all information functions, it has become ever more important to be able to justify the costs involved in running any form of information function. This second edition covers budgetary implications related to developments in information source provision.
Download or read book Financial Planning for Libraries written by Ann E. Prentice and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information on preparing and implementing budgets, discusses implications of budgeting and financial management activities. Includes case studies.
Download or read book Finance Budget and Management for Reference Services written by Ruth A. Fraley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The library budget, a topic of primary importance to the reference librarian, is thoroughly examined in this book, first published in 1988. Experts offer insightful suggestions for reference librarians to understand and take responsibility for budget issues, directly and indirectly. They address the ability to explain the budget - which actually entails explaining the collection, the services, and the process in place for managing the fiscal resources - a necessary skill for any reference librarian faced with looming budget cuts. Providing quality services on a limited budget is also explored. The contributors provide helpful essays on convincing the parent agency to provide adequate support, setting goals and priorities, generating revenue, and more.
Download or read book Owning Your Numbers written by Alice Sizer Warner and published by Washington, D.C. : Special Libraries Association. This book was released on 1992 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Library Budgeting written by Sul H. Lee and published by Ann Arbor, MI. : Pierian Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Decentralization in California Libraries written by Jacqueline Smithley and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As publicly funded institutions, libraries have an inherent organizational value of being good, responsible stewards of public funds. However, the notion of “good” and “responsible” are subjective descriptions often reflecting the executive’s personal experience. Public service professional standards and financial auditing requires balanced budgets and an audited analysis of the fiscal year’s budget but little else. This paper will evaluate the history of transparency and accountability initiatives, with a particular focus on the use of decentralization within the state of California’s library program at the municipal/city and county levels of government. Evaluating city and county library systems budget and managerial documents the study will investigate the relationship between the government type, budget, transparency and accountability initiatives, decentralization, performance indicators, and perceived citizen participation. It is hypothesized a library department and branch level decentralized budget is a practical, useful tool and will assist in transparency and accountability initiatives by improving decision making, identifying practical performance indicators and assessments, and providing useful information for reviewing stakeholders.
Download or read book Effective Financial Planning for Library and Information Services written by Duncan McKay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is a concise guide to financial planning, with definitions of financial terms and the key processes involved, which also provides tips on how to present your budget most effectively to secure funding. As pressures of business increasingly affect all information functions, it has become ever more important to be able to justify the costs involved in running any form of information function. This second edition covers budgetary implications related to developments in information source provision.
Download or read book Zero base Budgeting in Library Management written by Ching-chih Chen and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1980 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financial Planning for Libraries written by Murray S. Martin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1983, stresses the need for libraries to weed out expenditures which do not contribute to their basic role - the collection and organization of information - when planning where and when to spend money. It illustrates how priorities and goals must change in accordance with changes in libraries’ roles in the information world.
Download or read book Academic Library Budgets written by Murray S. Martin and published by JAI Press(NY). This book was released on 1993 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crash Course in Library Budgeting and Finance written by Leslie Edmonds Holt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-08-22 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise, informative, and well-indexed, this book helps readers get the "big picture" as well as the considerable number of details involved in managing the finances for a library. For all libraries, money is critical to decision-making about technology, staffing, and collections. As a result, informed budgeting is critically important for any library to succeed. This book explains library finance in a practical, engaging way, using examples of real situations in different types of libraries to teach key points. Written by authors with years of experience in budgeting and financial planning within a variety of library settings and in teaching library management or fundraising at the university level, Crash Course in Library Budgeting and Finance makes it painless to learn how to properly manage money in any library environment. The book addresses the entire process of financial planning, from a general, conceptual overview of library budgeting to the details of generating and spending income, and describes best practices for implementing financial controls. Subjects covered include building construction and capital projects, fund raising, capital campaigns, moving to fee-based services, extending and developing earned income, financial best practices, and assessment and evaluation. The authors also make recommendations regarding when and how to share relevant financial information throughout the organization and with constituents throughout the book.
Download or read book The Acquisitions Budget written by William A. Katz and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to maintain a quality collection within a budget and still manage to make necessary cuts and savings. As the purchasing power of the materials budget declines, effectively managing the allocation of the materials budget and the development of the collections becomes more and more of a challenge. In The Acquisitions Budget, practicing acquisitions librarians--representing almost all types and sizes of libraries--address their daily problems and share innovative and effective methods for dealing with a shrinking budget. These authoritative contributors, who have many years of practical problems solving experience, also offer useful tips on how to influence administrators, faculty, students--anyone who has even partial control over allocating the budget. With this valuable new book, you will also enhance your knowledge of how the latest technology saves time and expenses in working out the acquisitions budget from day to day. Specific information is given on online and CD-ROM weapons in the war with the budget process.
Download or read book Budgeting for Information Access written by Murray S. Martin and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 1998 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Budgeting for Information Access: Managing the Resource Budget for Absolute Access is an authoritative guide to planning resource budgets. It assists readers in making financial decisions involved in access to electronic networks, online services, interlibrary loan, electronic document delivery, and shared resources.
Download or read book Academic Libraries and the Academy written by Marwin Britto and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Academic Libraries and the Academy is a thorough collection of best practices, lessons learned, approaches, and strategies of how librarians, library professionals, and others in academic libraries around the world are successfully providing evidence of their contributions to student academic success and effectively demonstrating their library's value and worth to institutional administrators and stakeholders. Forty-two case studies are divided into four sections--from beginning assessment work through assessment activities that are more difficult to measure and generally more time- and resource-intensive--to provide practicable ideas and effective strategies for all levels of experience, assessment skills, stages of implementation, and access to resources"--
Download or read book Financial Management for Libraries written by William W. Sannwald and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting financial management principles and best practices applicable to both public and academic libraries, this comprehensive text elucidates a broad array of issues crucial for those entering a managerial position. Both thorough and straightforward, Sannwald's treatment gives readers a solid grounding in the basics of accounting and finance, with an emphasis on applicability to library management and operations;ties budgets and strategic planning to library vision, mission, goals, and objectives;discusses the roles of stakeholders such as boards, governmental/municipal bodies, the university, and the community;looks at a variety of funding sources, from tax revenue to gifts and donations, and presents sound strategies for including them when projecting income and expenses;articulates and discusses the pros and cons of various budget strategies;includes sample budgets and forms that can be customized as needed;offers expert guidance on modifying budgets for windfalls and shortfalls;explains operating ratios, fiscal benchmarking, and metrics, demonstrating how to use these to effectively create and manage a budget and assess the fiscal health of the library; andadvises on how to effectively prepare and present a budget and annual financial statements to a library's governing agency. Ideal for course use, this book will also serve as a ready reference for practitioners.
