Looking at the Library Collections Budget: Budget as Story and Interrogating Narrative Frames

Investigating the optimisation of South African university library budgets in an austerity environment.

“…According to Davis (2014), libraries are expected to operate within their financial means, while Weir (2010) notes that with the realisation that academic libraries are facing budget cuts, librarians must consider strategies to maintain their viability. Fleming (2015) recommends viewing library budgets as flexible constructs influenced by time and funding constraints rather than fixed entities. Therefore, universities would benefit from approaching library budgets as an enabling tool rather than as definite facts.…”