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The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act: How It Pertains To Georgia’S Libraries, Diana J. Very
The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act: How It Pertains To Georgia’S Libraries, Diana J. Very
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article presents information on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and discusses its significance to libraries in Georgia. The legislation, also referred as the Stimulus Public Law 111-5, is intended to create supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and local and state fiscal stabilization. It also discusses the challenges posed by the legislation on library administrators. It explores the funding opportunities that public libraries need to consider.
Ethical Decision-Making In Library Administration, Stephen R. Shorb
Ethical Decision-Making In Library Administration, Stephen R. Shorb
The Southeastern Librarian
The first section of this paper develops a simple model for ethical decision-making. A useful model serves two main purposes. First, it easily explains the relationship between the various components of ethical decision-making by creating a chain between the most basic underlying values, the intervening ethical processes, and the actions that finally result. Thus, decisions can be more easily explained and justified. Second, use of the model may also assist in the actual implementation of the decision. A step-by-step progression through the model has the additional benefit of modeling the developmental stages found in models for the ethical maturation of …
Libraries And Donors: Maintaining The Status Quo, Steven Cox
Libraries And Donors: Maintaining The Status Quo, Steven Cox
The Southeastern Librarian
Many librarians who manage special collections are grateful for the donations of items or collections that fall within their mission and collection scope. In turn, most donors find satisfaction in knowing that their gifts are housed in repositories, where they will be preserved and maintained by qualified staff and available to patrons for future years. Oftentimes donors, after receiving formal acknowledgement and sincere thanks for their donations, disappear back into the public landscape, perhaps glad to have found a new home for all those books or items. Their donations are unconditional—no strings attached and no demands for special recognition. The …