[Libs-Or] Percentage of Public Library Budget Devoted to Collection?

[Tony]

Hello Colleagues:


I thought this one would be easy to find, but I haven't had luck so far.


I am looking for data on what percentage of a public library budgets are devoted to collection development.  (Nationwide, Oregon, any group of some size will do.)


I am consulting with a library with an annual  budget of 2.4 million, with only $100,000 devoted to collections per year. This strikes me as very low, but I haven't come across a good source of nationwide data to support or disprove my gut reaction.


Anybody know of a source?  Or, please email me off-list with your public library collection budget as compared to the library budget as a whole.


Tony Greiner


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