Fifth ACRL National Conference: A Brief Report: April 5-8, 1989 Cincinnati, OH

Abstract

One of the prevailing themes of the Fifth ACRL National Conference held in Cincinnati, Ohio, was the state of the library materials budget. This theme manifested itself in papers on educational and general (E&G) expenditures, journal use studies, approval plans, and cooperative collection development. Although other collection management issues were featured at the conference, this report will focus on six papers and programs which dealt with the library materials budget.