What are the Expectations of Interlibrary Loan and Electronic Reserves During an Economic Crisis?

The recent economic crisis has affected many institutions, including the once thought recession-resistant higher education. Declines in funding have forced libraries to look at ways to cut spending. As the public face of the library, access services departments face particularly tough decisions when the library makes financial cuts. Reduced spending in other departments can increase the workload for reserves and interlibrary loan departments. Significant changes in staffing or services can create a negative public image. This article will offer a few ideas about what might be done to save money and avoid these negative side effects.     

Evolving Reference,Changing Culture

Abstract

Analyzes the new Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in San Jose, California in terms of the experience in developing new ideas and confronting new problems in reference service. Argues that developing a merged public-university reference service encounters important problems that are similar to the challenges that face reference services everywhere in the 21st century. Introduces the problem of how a merged public-academic reference service must develop a new reference culture in order to succeed. Links the development of the reference culture to the ideas of Life Long Learning and Information Literacy.     

Perception Matters: What Message Are We Sending to Faculty with Departmental Book Allocations?

Perception can be everything. As librarians consider the ever-changing nature of the library's role on campus, they may want to adopt a philosophical approach to restructuring the traditional library materials budget from the perspective of perception rather than from the perspective of cost-cutting, creating staff efficiencies, or even collection development. By looking at the role faculty play in building the library's collection, conclusions can be formed about what the library's budget structure and budgetary interaction with faculty convey about the library's priorities as an institution and with regard to its role within the campus community as a whole.     

Collection Analysis When the Budget Decreases

This article begins with a discussion of the rationale behind an in-depth analysis of specific areas of a law library collection and a synopsis of selected past efforts and possible reasons for such an analysis. The majority of the article details the exact steps in the analysis process, as performed by the librarians at the William A. Wise Law Library at the University of Colorado Law School. The main purpose of the Wise Library's analysis was to identify materials that could most easily be cancelled if budget cuts warranted such actions. Finally, collection development considerations that may arise when deciding if and when to cut specific materials and alternative strategies that may be employed are discussed.     

哈尔滨市财政预算绩效管理问题浅析

文章结合哈尔滨市财政预算管理工作实际,提出了加强绩效管理与部门预算管理结合、建立绩效评价激励机制等政策措施,加快“预算编制有目标、预算执行有监控、预算完成有评价、评价结果有反馈、反馈结果有应用”的绩效机制建设,为进一步提高财政预算绩效管理工作水平和财政资金支出效益提供理论支持.     

公共预算决策的显性偏好及其对自主创新能力建设的影响

政府有责任运用财政职能支持全社会的自主创新活动.但由于部分公共预算决策主体存在"显性偏好",现行公共选择机制难以自动实现自主创新的最优投入和创新导向型的资源配置.这将给自主创新能力建设带来效率损失,为此需改善相关机制和公共政策.     

企业R&D预算分配的“研发树”模型

为解决企业对R&D资金在不同项目之间的分配问题,在研究和借鉴以往决策方法的基础上,构建了适用于大型高科技企业R&D资金分配的"研发树"模型。该方法使R&D预算系统既实现了宏观上的指导功能,又具有微观上的资金控制和配置功能。     

浅析预决算审查

该文从工程预算这一重要工作入手 ,论述了工程预算的前提、程序、注意事项及方法。     

加强事业单位财务管理的对策及建议

从事业单位预算管理、实物资产管理、账务管理三个方面全面论述了目前事业单位财务管理工作中存在的问题,针对问题,并提出了相应的改进意见,从而希望找出事业单位财政资金高效利用的途径及方法。     

行政单位预算执行中的几个建议

虚报冒领、挤占挪用、随意调整预算是行政单位预算管理中应当引起注意的三大问题。在预算执行中要做到依法行政、依法理财、编制科学、内部控制。不能由财务部门独家包办,预算执行需要沟通和协调,预算监督要到位。