MLA Conference - Table Talk on Cost Cutting Measure to Stretch Material Budgets

Lyn Cline, MSU and Sarah Cron discuss ways to stretch the budget to get more materials to support the courses of the university.

Discussing the following:

Local Fiscal Environments

Library Materials Cost Factors and Pressure Points

Cost Reduction Approaches-Acquisitions

Cost Reduction Approaches-Collection Development

Move standing orders into the approval plan so that they get the discount and also have to be analyzed as to if they really need to be in the collection.