Budgets & Funding
It is hard to receive funding if it is designated for other areas. Medical libraries are constantly having to update information, which also can be an issue of funding . If we are not able to receive funding, we cannot update resources in a timely manner.
Exploring new products while maintaining current resources is a challenge. There is an endless selection of new (and amazing) resources to evaluate. Without a consistent budget and guaranteed increases in place, it is very difficult to stay on trend and continue to provide access to our essential and high-demand resources.
Catisha Benjamin, MLIS bit.ly/doody-benjamin
Subscription costs increase, budgets may not, and it takes creativity and some trading to continue offering the resources and services our patrons have come to expect.
Marlene Bishop, MLIS
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Changes in our funding are directly related to changes in our collections, the services we can provide, and the expertise that we are able to deploy to accomplish both. Librarians in the health professions do an exemplary job of stretching resources and services beyond what seems possible on paper.
Lorna Springston. MIS
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Martin Wood, MSLIS, AHIP
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Unfortunately, funding is becoming more and more of an issue as the state of Iowa shifts support away from higher education. We can no longer afford to purchase titles “just in case,” we must purchase books we know our users need.
Janna Lawrence, MSLIS, AHIP
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