Budgeting lesson and stories

Abstract

This half-day preconference included three presentations on library budget issues that affect serials. Nancy Slight-Gibney explained how the University of Oregon Libraries has modeled its serials budget in challenging times. Virginia Taffurelli described how the Science, Industry and Business Library of The New York Public Library approached its large budget cut and consequent cancellation project. Finally, Mary Iber told the story of Cornell College Library's complete reassessment of all serials titles and how that worked to make the collection more responsive and relevant to the students and faculty.