Time is of the essence for librarians to review the pace of change occurring within higher education and how information will be provided in academic libraries to their vastly changing student population. The integration of technology in higher education has an impact on academic libraries in...

Purpose – To give a quick and easy approach to library advocacy, with regard to the ongoing needs of keeping in touch with stakeholders due to poor or reducing government funding for public libraries, librarians are in the situation of having to advocate in new and different ways....

Purpose – Given the common theme of budget cuts, one library presents its award‐winning story to provide information to a small community, extended from other common community and state resources. Design/methodology/approach – Explores how this library won the award of being the “Best...

Purpose – Given the issue of massive state aid cuts, this library aims to address the issue of how to handle poor or non‐existent government funding for public libraries. This situation has led many librarians over the years to explore the possibility of raising additional funds from...

Purpose – To find new ways to finance the construction of new libraries in the State of New Jersey, this paper seeks to use advocacy as the operational lens to get new buildings delivered to library users. Design/methodology/approach – Using construction as a framework, the author gives a...

Purpose – To address the issue of using grant funding in the US public libraries. With reduced funding as in most public libraries, the three New York City library systems have partnered with the Urban Library Council (ULC), funded by The Wallace Foundation, to provide additional funds from...

Purpose – To guide library directors and their boards when financial issues arise – especially in finding a good balance on the level of involvement that the library board should have. Design/methodology/approach – Uses a list of nine key responsibilities that can guide library board...

Purpose – To show how the use of a database of potential donors may increase the success of fund‐raising activities. Design/methodology/approach – Explains how a database was used to collect information on potential donors. Each donor was given a value reflecting the strength of their...

Purpose – To outline the various metadata schemes and digital initiatives undertaken by the library community to preserve material in digital formats. Design/methodology/approach – Surveys a number of library metadata initiatives and digital repositories to illustrate that, even in the...

Purpose – To report on New York Public Library's implementation of the Learning in Libraries initiative, which has the goal of serving New York City's children and teens more effectively. Design/methodology/approach – Breaks the initiative down into phases, describing each phase with its...