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Academic Library System

Notes of libraries reporting. Our analysis of this report focuses on how Pennsylvania libraries compare
to national averages and trends. Because of the size of the sample, the number of libraries
reporting from Pennsylvania is fairly small. Because of the small sample size, the results are
by no means comprehensive. The report, however, remains valuable for the questions that it
raises and particularly for the data on alternative sources of funding, an increasingly important
source of revenue for public libraries nationally.

Self Assessment

State whether true or false:
1. In the late 1970s business conditions were rapidly evolving in response to changes in
economic thinking.
2. PaLA stands for Pennsylvania Library Assignment.
3. PCBL stands for Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries.

4. NCES stands for National Center for Education Statistics.
5. Pennsylvania ranks fourth at $4.90.

10.3 Summary

• During the last twenty years there was a growing trend to align library and information
service management to business models of management. In the late 1970s business conditions
were rapidly evolving in response to changes in economic thinking.
• The recent historical record, and indeed contemporary events, shows that the library and
the information sector have had to face a changing and ever more turbulent environment
since the late 1970s.
• The Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) and the Pennsylvania Citizens for Better
Libraries (PCBL) issued a Request for Proposal for a data-gathering project in December
2006.
• Per capita state tax support for libraries varies widely from a high of $40.06 in Ohio to
$0.01 in Vermont and less than $0.01 in South Dakota. Pennsylvania ranks fifth at $4.90.

10.4 Keywords

Contemporary : Living, occurring, or originating at the same time.

Standpoint : An attitude towards a particular issue.
Revenue : Income.
Aggregate : A whole formed by combining several disparate elements.
PaLA : Pennsylvania Library Association.
COSLA : Chief Officers of State Library Agencies.

10.5 Review Questions

1. Write a short note on public library association.
2. What are the other sources of funding?

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