These minutes are the official record of the actions of the Association taken during the year by both the Board of Directors (the Board) and the Council of Representatives (Council). The roll of representatives was called at each Council meeting, and more than a quorum answered to their names. Reference is made in these minutes to various reports,…

The Exchange collects and shares financial, enrollment, and cost data useful to urban universities in matters related to accountability, benchmarking, policy, and strategic planning. This history of the project includes problems addressed, current uses of data, and special studies under way. (Author/PW)

An evaluation of annual budget reports from 63 large U.S. and Canadian school districts identifies ways to improve the reports' public relations effectiveness, notes four basic communications tenets they should follow, and makes six suggestions, including explaining how budget decisions are made, supplying background data, and playing to the…

Includes the following reports: "'LJ' (Library Journal) News Report: Libraries Success at Funding Books and Bytes"; "'SLJ' (School Library Journal) News Report: We're in the Money!"; and "'PW' (Publishers Weekly) News Reports". (AEF)

This annual report includes the Illinois State Library Mission and guiding principles for Illinois libraries; reading and literacy initiatives; library system developments; expanded access to timely information, including networks; governmental library services; special publications; and the budget. (LRW)

The report shows that membership and corporate support have risen substantially, the Information Clearinghouse has expanded services, board-mentor visits have risen, publications have sold well and new publications have been added, and the budget will be balanced. (MSE)

School districts should institute special public relations programs focusing only on budgets. The programs should provide services to voters (such as free use of school facilities), spotlight good fiscal management, involve the staff by giving them budget information, and use the budget report as a public relations document. (Author/RW)

Includes three reports: one from "Library Journal" that reviews significant issues of the year, including budget reversals; Internet filtering, digital copyright, distance education, and electronic books; one that discusses school librarianship, including staffing, collection development, and information literacy; and one that discusses…

Presents eight articles that discuss research on libraries and librarianship; number of libraries in the U.S. and Canada; highlights of NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) surveys; library acquisition expenditures; budgets; price indexes; library buildings construction; and expenditures for school library media center resources. (LRW)

Includes seven reports that discuss research on libraries and librarianship, including academic, public, and school libraries; awards and grants; number of libraries in the United States and Canada; National Center for Education Statistics results; library expenditures for public, academic, special, and government libraries; library budgets; price…

Includes annual reports from 12 federal agencies and libraries that discuss security, budgets, legislation, digital projects, preservation, government role, information management, personnel changes, collections, databases, financial issues, services, administration, Web sites, access to information, customer service, statistics, international…