Linear goal programming for academic library acquisitions allocations

Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 311-327

  Wise, Kenneth ^a   Perushek, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Allocation formulas; Budgeting; Collection development; Fund allocation; Linear goal programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003152541     PISSN: 03646408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0364-6408(96)00065-8     Document Type: Article

References (14)

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2. Gross, J. and J. Talavage. "A Multiple-Objective Planning Methodology for Information Service Managers," Information Processing and Management, 15 (1979), 155-67.
3. Cole, D. D. Mathematical Models in Library Management: Planning, Analysis, and Cost Assessment. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Austin, University of Texas, 1976.
4. Hannan, Edward L. "Allocation of Library Funds for Books and Standing Orders - A Multiple Objective Formulation," Computers and Operations Research, 5 (1978), 109-14.
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6. Chames, A. and W. W. Cooper, "Goal Programming Multiple Objective Optimizations, Part 1," European Journal of Operational Research, 1 (1977), 39-54.
7. For example, Beilby and Mott. Also Charles W. Brownson, "Modeling Library Materials Expenditure: Initial Experiments at Arizona State University," Library Resources & Technical Services, 35 (1990), 87-103.
8. A general survey of a wide variety of "formula variables" is given in John M. Budd's "Allocation Formulas in the Literature: A Review," Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory, 15 (1991), 95-107.
9. William E. McGrath in "A Pragmatic Book Allocation Formula for Academic and Public Libraries with a Test for Its Effectiveness," Library Resources & Technical Services, 19 (1975), 356-69, tests circulation and average price in his formula.
10. See note 1 above. This article addresses faculty size and enrollment as factors in applying the Simplex Method to fund allocation.
11. Student FTE data are the main variable applied in David C. Genaway's "The Q Formula: The Flexible Formula for Library Acquisitions in Relation to the FTE Driven Formula," Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory, 10 (1986), 293-306.
12. Charles B. Lowry's "Reconciling Pragmatism, Equity and Need in the Formula Allocation of Book and Serial Funds," College & Research Libraries, 53 (March 1992), 121-37, explains in-depth considerations for using credit hours to indicate library needs.
13. Packer, Donna. "Acquisitions Allocation: Equity, Politics and Formulas," Journal of Academic Librarianship, 14 (1988), 276-86,
14. Budd, John M. and Kay Adams. "Allocation Formulas in Practice," Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory, 13 (1989), 381-90, both note the importance of the number of courses as a corollary of resource needs.