What are the key
issues in funding a school library that you are familiar with?
As I’m not currently working in a library I’m somewhat vague
on any issue associated with budgeting in a library, in fact I have no
experience with budgeting in any area of a school. Reading Lamb and Johnson
(2007) 'Program administration: Budget management' eduScapes, revealed many
aspects of budgeting that I have never thought of. Other than collaboration,
this reading provide many insights on how to budget with aspect such as
formats, needs based, fetes, fundraisers, including students in the process,
categorisation of formats and services. What I believe to be most important
highlighted by Lamb and Johnson is the need for the librarian to be credible
and to justify every purchase and monies spent in the library budget. Another
thought to be considered is the value placed on resourcing the National
Curriculum and how to budget using the procedures explained in this article.
How would you
calculate the cost per student of this library's collection?
Collate the cost of all resources (book, clickview, DVD’s,
magazines etc) to for the year and divide that number by the total number of
students. Additionally, wages and other technology (laptops, cameras) could be
included into this calculation.
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