I have a question about budget allocation formulas for academic
libraries. I'm searching for a website or online full-text source to
provide an
introduction and overview of the various types of formulas that are
used to allocate collection funds.

So far, I've searched the ALA (American Library Association)and the
ACRL(Association for College Research Libraries) websites,  did a
general Google search, searched Library Literature, Ebsco Host, and
Emerald Full text databses. I have found surprisingly little on
the topic, but really need an online source to explain the variety of
ways that limited collection funds can be allocated in a college
library.

Greetings--

I believe these links will lead you guidance on budget allocation.

Purdue University Calumet
Task Force on Library Collection Development and
Information Access Policy
http://library.calumet.purdue.edu/TASKFORCE.HTM

CAUL Formulae for Distributing Library Materials Funds
CAUL Survey [University of Otago 22 July 97]
http://www.anu.edu.au/caul/surveys/budg-all.htm

Allocating Funding for Library Acquisitions at Ohio University
http://www.library.ohiou.edu/libinfo/depts/colldev/acqfaq.htm

 Collection Development Policy of the University of Wisconsin
http://library.uwsp.edu/depts/colldev/collpol.htm

Library Funding and the Allocation Formula
University of Dundee
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/library/lib_formula.html

Discussion Series
The Academic Library in the Information Age: Changing Roles
http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:gCNzjgKQq4gC:www.netc.org/preservice/fall_institute/fr_use/ownershp.pdf+allocating+funds+academic+library&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8

A Mountain of Challenges: Budgeting for Electronic Resources 
New England Library Association
http://www.nelib.org/conf_archOpen.asp?ID=273

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Clarification of Answer by nellie_bly-ga on 19 Nov 2002 12:26 PST

sorry, I omitted the search strategy


Search strategy: allocating funds academic library

Thank you for your input, Nellie. The sources you provided did give me
more needed background of ways that various colleges allocated funds.
I was looking for more of an overview in one source (more of a
"how-to")to introduce me to the variety of options, and the specific
formulas themselves. The last two sources on your list were not
directly relevant to the topic. One was about copyright and the other
about budgeting for electronic sources. Overall, though, your research
was helpful. Thank you.