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All libraries need funds. Great libraries need solid and growing funding--and need to use funds well. Articles in this category discuss a variety of funding and spending issues

Recent articles

  • Too cheap to matter - Glen Holt asserts that library services face free competitors everywhere, in line with the "free everything" mantra.
  • Library economics in the new media era - Glen Holt asserts that libraries must pay attention to changes in payment for media, and that these changes will impact library funding.
  • Two newspaper columns by Jamie LaRue make the case for a library levy:
    • Shall library funding increase? - Jamie LaRue's newspaper column prior to a library levy vote offers succinct reasons why the library system is a good investment.
    • Who endorses the library? - Libraries are good for the community, for business, for the individual, as LaRue notes in this column. "I still think it doesn't get any better than this: the kids of Douglas County think we're cool."

Exploring funding

Where money is involved, politics usually shows up. In addition to the full list of articles below, you'll want to explore Politics and Planning.

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