Librarians have always been faced with the need to demonstrate the value of the services and products for which they budget. The budget is a powerful management and public relations tool and essential for explaining goals and objectives. This article compares the features, advantages and...

Newcomers to the budget process seldom realize that it is much more than just one element (most often an annual activity) in the management cycle. Those individuals who succeed in securing the funds requested are those who understand it is a complex‐year‐round process. They also recognize...

This paper focuses on four areas, all of which affect a library’s bottom line in one way or another: fitting library materials expenditure into the parent organisation’s budget cycle, including suggestions for taking advantage of any unspent institutional allocation at the end of the...

A number of financial models for collection development are reviewed in their historical and contemporary context. Digital library collections and hybrid library developments are the key influences on the future shape of financial models. These developments are reviewed and some future scenarios...

Fee‐based services in libraries offer research and document delivery services to non‐primary clientele on a cost‐recovery basis. Highlights services at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Rice University and Purdue University. Explores the major financial considerations involved in...

In Nigerian university libraries, government allocations are the main source of revenue supporting library operations. However, the level of government support differs between federal and state institutions. This is despite the reality that all universities provide similar levels of education...

Unlike the banking services many of us remember as children, the banking services offered to corporate accounts today can be of use to libraries as they streamline operations, negotiate for cost savings, and budget for both day‐to‐day operations and service to patrons. The modern bank has...

One of the harder endeavors faced in a library is maintaining a balance between necessary projects and providing the funds to finance them. Ideally, discussions of funding and projects should go hand‐in‐hand, as each discussion is relevant to the other. However, this is not always the case....

Purpose – To examine the budgetary procedures of Government ministry libraries in Delta State, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire and interview approach was used to identify the various components of ministry libraries and determine the budgetary process they used....