With soaring uncertainty surrounding the financing of public higher education, institutions are faced with developing strategies that will enable them to effectively compete for state funding. One component to cultivating resources and relationships for colleges and universities are through government relations organizations. Utilized for…

These proceedings document the sixth year of the "Brick and Click Libraries Symposium," held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri, on November 3, 2006. Thirty-four peer-reviewed papers and abstracts, written by academic librarians, and presented at the symposium are included in this volume. Many of the…

This report examines various methods used to schedule salaries for classroom teachers. An overview of features found in teacher salary schedules is provided, including discussions on the basic structure of the schedule, methods of placement and advancement on the schedule, and salary supplements. Methods of changing teacher salary schedules are…