When your library budget is almost zero / Lesley S.J. Farmer.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farmer, Lesley S. J.
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Language:English
Published: Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1993.
Subjects:
United States.
Library finance > United States.
Electronic books.
Genre:
Electronic books.
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Physical Description:xi, 125 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 1. Planning
  • Mission statement
  • What is happening in the library?
  • What is happening outside the library?
  • Analyzing the findings
  • Developing strategies
  • Brief word about budgeting
  • Working smarter
  • Leadership
  • 2. Facilities
  • Working with available space
  • Making cosmetic improvements
  • Two true tales
  • Furniture
  • Policies and procedures
  • 3. Material resources
  • Policies
  • Do look a gift horse in the mouth
  • Previewing
  • Alternative sources
  • Supplies
  • Networking
  • Point of ethics
  • 4. Computer-related issues
  • Groundwork
  • Planning ahead
  • Acquisitions
  • Suppliers
  • Software
  • Telecommunications
  • Putting the library into good form using templates
  • 5. Human resources
  • Staffing
  • Interest groups
  • Human networks
  • Advocacy in action
  • 6. Information services
  • Retrieving information
  • Organizing information
  • Instruction
  • Programs
  • Issue of service levels
  • 7. Public relations
  • What is communication?
  • Effective communications
  • Word about words
  • Written documents
  • Audio
  • Visuals
  • Multimedia
  • Planning process
  • Let someone else do the spadework
  • Public-relations mind-set in a school
  • 8. Fund-raising
  • Purposeful fund-raising
  • Getting help
  • Sources of funding
  • How to ask
  • Library fund-raising projects
  • Getting grants
  • Lobbying
  • 9. When your budget is increased.