Title of Contribution
Change – Watch for the Right Time Structuring Collections Budgets to Meet Current and Future Needs
ORCID
0000-0002-3329-0812
Abstract
Over the years Northwestern University Libraries has implemented various methods of allocating to the collections budgets, moving from traditional methods to ones that are more flexible and responsive to the needs of the times. The libraries have endeavored to keep the benefits of any previous allocation methods when thinking of new ways to allocate so that the important points of meeting the needs of the current research and teaching programs are still being met.
DOI
10.5703/1288284317149
Change – Watch for the Right Time Structuring Collections Budgets to Meet Current and Future Needs
Over the years Northwestern University Libraries has implemented various methods of allocating to the collections budgets, moving from traditional methods to ones that are more flexible and responsive to the needs of the times. The libraries have endeavored to keep the benefits of any previous allocation methods when thinking of new ways to allocate so that the important points of meeting the needs of the current research and teaching programs are still being met.