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Hi all—
I just was asked by my supervisor to come up with a dollar
amount by tomorrow for a yearly budget for the acquisition of library materials.
So far I haven’t had a budget for that. The only way
in which materials got added to the library collection was through ordering
materials for curators and staff in the Education Department that they needed
for exhibition development, programs etc. on their budgets. The library also
received book donations and sometimes staff ordered and donated books that they
thought the library should have.
I could of course add up the dollar amounts of all of last
year’s purchase orders (the budget would cover all book orders done in
the museum), and add some of the cost of the stack of printouts with titles
that I saved in case money would become available, but I was wondering whether
there would be an amount that would be reasonable considering the size of the
library (5000 book titles, 350 videos, DVDs, etc., only 10 periodical
subscriptions), considering the operating budget of the museum ($4,700,000.00
for 2004), and considering the percentage of growth desirable for a library
like ours.
It would be nice to be able to buy materials in the museum’s
subject areas as they become available, add some more periodical subscriptions,
and beef up the reference collection. Then again, as a solo librarian I also
have to have the time to catalog them. We presently have access to databases such
as Art Index through a partnership with a local university.
Any advice is appreciated,
Kitty
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Kitty Jansen, Librarian
Eiteljorg
(317) 275-1346