Abstract:Because of recent US economic decline, the impact of budget cuts has been felt in most US economic sectors, including the materials budgets in libraries. Budget cuts or reversions obviously have a negative impact upon the dollars available for purchasing library materials. However, dealing with ambiguity regarding the amount of funds the library has to spend, plus the large number of vendor sources upon which the library must depend, creates a great deal of stress upon effective use of the limited library mate… Show more
“…Flowers reported on strategies to gain internal operating efficiencies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 38 In 2002, she implemented five strategies to meet budget constraints. The first was the "book year," which is the specified time frame during which funds may be encumbered for the fiscal year.…”
Section: Budgeting and Financial Interfacesmentioning
“…Flowers reported on strategies to gain internal operating efficiencies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 38 In 2002, she implemented five strategies to meet budget constraints. The first was the "book year," which is the specified time frame during which funds may be encumbered for the fiscal year.…”
Section: Budgeting and Financial Interfacesmentioning
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