Financial and Cost Management for Libraries and Information Services / Edition 2

by Stephen A. Roberts

Overview

Addressing the economic constraints faced by today's information sector and the financial responsibilities assumed by LIS managers in all spheres, Stephen Roberts, editor of the International Journal of Information and Library Research, applies current research and theories of cost management to the practical tasks undertaken by LIS managers.

The text covers budgeting; resource management; decision making; types of cost-study; implementation; and managerial economics. A glossary of terms is also included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783598115141
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	02/13/1998
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	431
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter — Contents — Preface to the first edition — Preface to the second edition — Acknowledgements — Tables — Figures — Chapter 1: Context — Chapter 2: Resource management: strategies and techniques — Chapter 3: Financial management — Chapter 4: Information needs and requirements — Chapter 5: Methods of cost measurement — Chapter 6: Implementation of cost measurement — Chapter 7: Developments in managerial economics — Chapter 8: Applying principles to practice — References — Glossary — Appendices — Index

Editorial Reviews

Highlights the importance of good financial and cost management in libraries and information centers in order to make the best use of dwindling resources and maintain user services. Addressed particularly to librarians who find themselves charged with such responsibilities because of reduced staff. Revised from published by Butterworth in 1985 to reflect recent theories and current conditions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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