When Your Library Budget Is Almost Zero

Tight budgets and limited staff need not stop you from taking positive action. This practical, no-nonsense guide will help you face the budget gap, learn why it exists, and plan an appropriate course of action within budgetary constraints. Chapters cover building-level mission statements and evaluation, library management and operations, resources (human, material, and computer), public relations, and fund-raising. A cost-effective investment for school libraries, small libraries, library schools, and library administrators.

LESLEY S. J. FARMER is Coordinator of Library Media Teacher Services Credential Program and Professor of Library Media Technology at California State University, Long Beach. A frequent contributor to professional journals, she was selected by CSLA as the 1999 Technology School Librarian of the Year.

Preface
Planning	p. 2
The Mission Statement	p. 3
What Is Happening in the Library?	p. 5
What Is Happening Outside the Library?	p. 7
Analyzing the Findings	p. 7
Developing Strategies	p. 8
A Brief Word About Budgeting	p. 10
Working Smarter	p. 12
Leadership	p. 13
Facilities	p. 14
Working with Available Space	p. 15
Making Cosmetic Improvements	p. 19
Two True Tales	p. 24
Furniture	p. 28
Policies and Procedures	p. 29
Material Resources	p. 32
Policies	p. 33
Do Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth	p. 34
Previewing	p. 34
Alternative Sources	p. 35
Supplies	p. 40
Networking	p. 42
A Point of Ethics	p. 43
Computer-Related Issues	p. 46
Groundwork	p. 47
Planning Ahead	p. 48
Acquisitions	p. 50
Suppliers	p. 52
Software	p. 54
Telecommunications	p. 55
Putting the Library into Good Form Using Templates	p. 56
Human Resources	p. 60
Staffing	p. 61
Interest Groups	p. 64
Human Networks	p. 66
Advocacy in Action	p. 68
Information Services	p. 70
Retrieving Information	p. 71
Organizing Information	p. 72
Instruction	p. 74
Programs	p. 77
The Issue of Service Levels	p. 80
Public Relations	p. 82
What Is Communication?	p. 84
Effective Communications	p. 85
A Word About Words	p. 86
Written Documents	p. 87
Audio	p. 88
Visuals	p. 89
Multimedia	p. 91
The Planning Process	p. 92
Let Someone Else Do the Spadework	p. 93
A Public-Relations Mind-Set in a School	p. 95
Fund-Raising	p. 98
Purposeful Fund-Raising	p. 99
Getting Help	p. 100
Sources of Funding	p. 101
How to Ask	p. 103
Library Fund-Raising Projects	p. 106
Getting Grants	p. 109
Lobbying	p. 112
When Your Budget Is Increased	p. 114
Bibliography	p. 117
Index	p. 121
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