"The Seventy Percent Solution: Assessing Criteria for Model Fund Allocations" by Mary Ellen Kenreich

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The Seventy Percent Solution: Assessing Criteria for Model Fund Allocations

NASIG Newsletter (2003)

Mary Ellen Kenreich, Portland State University
Claudia Weston, Portland State University
Sarah Beasley, Portland State University
Cyril Oberlander, Portland State University
Don Frank, Portland State University

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Abstract

Conference report presented at the NASIG 18th annual conference held in 2003. Portland State University Library's fund allocation committee presented information and practical advice on the process of developing a model to reallocate funding for library materials. After experimenting with funding ratios, they decided to use their model to reallocate 30 percent of the funds earmarked for discipline-specific materials while protecting 70 percent of each discipline's original allocation.

Keywords

Academic libraries -- Finance,
Academic libraries -- Management,
Resource allocation

Disciplines

Collection Development and Management

Publication Date

September, 2003

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Mary Ellen Kenreich, Claudia Weston, Sarah Beasley, Cyril Oberlander, et al.. "The Seventy Percent Solution: Assessing Criteria for Model Fund Allocations" NASIG Newsletter Vol. 18 Iss. 3 (2003)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/maryellen_kenreich/3/