... of these topics may be covered in other courses, presenting a limitation for the study findings. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Education Libraries Curriculum Professional practice Budgets Collection management Professional standards Professional associations In an ideal world...

...Charles I. Guarria Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how the Brooklyn Campus Library of Long Island University evaluated the present budget allocation process and took corrective action regarding the distribution of the materials budget (books, CDs, DVDs, and VHS). Design...

... collection development activities (a collection development policy; vendor slip plan profiles) strengthens the collecting goals of a library as a whole. Originality/value This article provides a model that other libraries can use as a template for developing their own budget allocation processes. ©...

... loan; it had 86,410 reference transactions, received 10,043 serials and purchased 29,633 monographs. Perhaps most dramatically, it spent 29.81 percent of its materials budget on electronic resources compared with 4.45 percent in 1993‐1994. I have been concerned about the collections we're building...