Squeeze Play:Public Library Circulation and Budget Trends,FY1992-FY2004

摘要

This article analyzes longitudinal data from the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) for the 12 years from 1992 to 2004. The statistics demonstrate that library circulation rose faster than population served. Aggregate library income, meanwhile, first declined then rose slowly from their lows in 2003. In the same period, operating expenses rose faster than income, squeezing purchasing power. The article provides more detail for purchase of electronic materials, by type of employees and "other" expense categories. The author concludes with a discussion of the factors that will affect library income in the years immediately after the period studied. doi:10 1300/ J118v26nO.3_O5 [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH E-mail address: Website: ? 2007by The Haworth Press All rights reserved, ]