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

['Kathleen Veldhuisen']

The 2015 Public Library Spreadsheet
https://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/statsploregon.aspx has figures which I
think will help you with what you need.

Regards,

Kathleen Veldhuisen, Reference Librarian

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Chemeketa Community College Library

4000 Lancaster Drive Northeast, Salem, OR 97305

503.399.5203; kathleen.veldhuisen at chemeketa.edu

On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 7:58 PM, Tony <tony_greiner at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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.)
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> 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
>
>
> tony_greiner at hotmail.com
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>
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