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The article discusses the results of the journal's Budgets and Funding survey, sponsored by Baker & Taylor, conducted among 273 U.S. public libraries between November 17 and December 14, 2023. Findings include the rise in total operating budgets, overall rise in digital spending, and average circulation for 2022. Also included are funding changes from 2022 to 2023 and anticipated spending changes from 2023 to 2024.

The article discusses the results of the "Library Journal's" 2022 Budgets and Funding survey, sponsored by Penguin Random House, Baker & Taylor, and The Library Corporation (LTC), which received responses from 214 public libraries across the U.S. Findings include increase in total operating budgets from 2020 to 2021, difference between the two types of funding sources of libraries, and spending shifts by nearly half of responding libraries.

The author discusses a report from Wordsrated, a research data group focused on reading, about the government funding of U.S. public library operating expenses. Topics include the decline in federal government funding from 2014 to 2019, income that makes up the difference between government allocations and operating budgets, and report finding on virtual visits and circulation within electronic collections.

The article reports on results from "Library Journal" magazine's annual public library referenda survey which covered voters' measures held between December 1, 2006 and November 30, 2007. The topics discussed include library operating and building votes which reached a 74% passage rate. The only library to be voted down was the Manhattan Public Library District in Illinois which sought to raise construction funds and for an operating revenue increase. The survey's other results are discussed.

The article focuses on the need for effective maintenance in the petrochemical industry. It mentions the need for constant planning, maintenance, upgrades, revamps in existing refineries. It is noted that the owners require new ways to reduce total lifecycle maintenance costs and reliability- related production losses. Forecasts for the hydrocarbon processing industry's capital, maintenance and operating budgets in 2018 is discussed.

The article examines the trends in the global hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) in 2016. Topics include the decline in global oil prices and its impact on downstream construction projects, the expected increase of the HPI's capital, maintenance and operating budget in 2016, and the globalization of the natural gas market.

The article offers suggestions for calculating machine rates for planning and developing accurate budget forecasts for organics recycling through anaerobic digestion, composting or a combination of both. Topics discussed include expression of machine rate in terms of operating costs and labor costs, elements of fixed costs like interest on monies used to purchase equipment or leasing rates, taxes, insurance, and fuel consumption rate for a piece of equipment.

The article offers the author's insights on the role of chief information officers (CIOs) in ensuring data security in law firms. The author focuses on the results of the annual technology survey conducted by "The American Lawyer" magazine, concerning the data security. Among the key topics in the survey includes the biggest threat in the data security, the innovative technologies used such as cloud computing and mobile devices, and the average operating and capital budgets for technology.

How are city and county governments creating their annual budget and setting long-term spending goals, while making sure the process is transparent and equitable to residents? Take the American City & County government budgeting survey A local government can't operate without a budget. [Extracted from the article]

Shark's group advises local government IT administrators to avoid inflexible long-term commitments when making technology buys. Streamlining procurement processes is a top 10 priority among local government IT officials. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that the American Concrete Institute (ACI) plans to lead the construction industry's transition to carbon-neutral concrete through research and technology assessment conducted by its Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete. Topics include ACI's goal for the material to be free of embodied carbon by 2050, the launching of NEU initiative on March 27, 2022 and the operating budget of NEU. It also cites ACI's work on a new appendix to its concrete standard, ACI 318.

The article looks on the process about the ranking of 2007 Top 100 employers in electronic design in the U.S. It is stated that the Top 100 Employers is based on the companies established brands and sales channels, patent and Intellectual Property (IP) Portfolios, and substantial R & D budgets. The Top 100 Employers has compared the employee growth percentage from 2006 versus 2005, the operating profit growth percentage from 2006 versus 2005, and R & D expense change percentage from 2006 versus 2005. Moreover, the list of Top 100 Employers of Electronic Designers is further presented. INSET: Apple Tops The Charts Again.

Presents news briefs on the advertising industry in the U.S. as of December 13, 2004. Reduction in the operating budget of consumer products company Colgate-Palmolive; Plan of Piaggio USA, maker of Piaggio and VESPA motor scooters, regarding its advertising campaign; Inclusion of Siruis Satellite Radio as a dealer-installed option in several car models of Toyota; Launch of a cash rebate offer on 2004 vehicles by General Motors.

Discusses technology challenges faced by small and rural hospitals. Percentage of the total operating budget of rural hospitals that are devoted to their information technology (IT) budget in 2003; Information on a remodeling project of Watertown Memorial Hospital in Wisconsin; Importance of including the IT staff in the overall strategic decision-making process to develop loyalties of the staff.

The article analyzes the challenges and solutions available to portable/emergency genset owners who have incurred the cost of time-based oil changes. Some of the main operating costs of running and maintaining large engine generators are the costs associated with changing oil. The scheduled oil changes will not help in solving the contamination problem.

The article discusses the challenges that remain one year after U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Music Modernization Act (MMA) into law. Topics covered include the failure by digital service providers to reach an agreement on how much it will cost to build and operate a mechanical licensing organization, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) process, and a plan by the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) to build and maintain a public database for every song recording.

This article discusses the buildings levy acquired by the Mid-Continent Public Library in Independence, Missouri, that was permanently added to an existing operating budget levy. In 1983, the library received a temporary building levy to build or remodel 25 branches. The library created its own construction company and built the projects so very economically that at the end of that time there was enough money left over to build four additional branches and expand a couple more. The problem was going ahead with these additional projects when operating budgets for the facilities was not assured. Armed with pamphlets, the library asked for a public vote to approve the building levy permanently onto the current operating budget.

The article focuses on how outsourcing legal work to offshore locations such as India or the Philippines can reduce operating costs for law firms in London, England. Information is provided on how the practice, known as employing legal alternatives, has allowed several high earning law firms to cut their yearly overhead. A chart is presented showing support staff remuneration in countries including Scotland, South Africa, and India.

The article focuses on the effort of information technology (IT) executives to raise funds for IT budgets in the U.S. through projects that send a fast return of investment (ROI) and long-term savings. CIO Peter Whatnell of Sunoco Inc. is working on evaluating Google Apps and other cloud computing offerings to lower down internal cost. CIO Mike Twohig of Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc. is also using cloud applications and open-source software to keep a lid on cost in his IT environment.

The article focuses on the importance of analyzing the capital projects cost components to identify sustainable cost reduction. It notes that company's capability to meet project demands will be severely affected by cost-cutting if proper understanding of the size and type of cost components were not taken in consideration. It provides an overview on ways to strategically reduce fixed and variable costs within three cost components of project including engineering, materials, and construction.

The article focuses on Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station in Omaha, Nebraska. It is owned and operated by Omaha Public Power District and is regarded as a top plant because it packed more work into one outage and accomplished the plan ahead of time and below its allocated budget. Its single generating unit has a capacity of 478 megawatts and it is based on the Combustion Engineering pressurized water reactor (PWR) design. It went operational on August 9, 1973, and its operating license was renewed until 2033. The planning for the Station's 25th refueling outage and replacement project began in the spring of 2006, with schedule reviews conducted by contractors and station personnel.

Presents information on maintenance budget management in business enterprises. Ineffectiveness of the use of existing budgeting techniques in the maintenance discipline; Sources of maintenance problems; Basis of the risk-to-reward ratio analysis computations of budget managers. INSET: Five Sources of Maintenance Problems.

The article focuses on the success of Alaska Airlines (AA) and the elements that contribute to that success. It states that AA's return on invested capital is over 10 percent while its projected 2012 operating margin is 12.5 percent, which is better than other airlines. It comments on AA's focus on customer service and customer loyalty. It mentions AA's efforts to maintain employee relations that are not as contentious as for competitor airlines and talks about AA's corporate culture.

Focuses on the persuasive proposal to the city council to receive more funds from community's operating budget developed by a fire service administrators in the U.S. Ways to confine space incidents; Emphasis on the nature of confined space rescue; Requirements of fire personnel to become EMT certified.

The article discusses the year-over-year passenger traffic and revenue figures for 2010, which suggests the airline industry is having a profitable year, and why the author thinks the numbers are not reflective of the airline industry's true economic performance. Topics include an analysis of premium seat revenue from 2008 and how it compares to that of 2010.

The article discusses the proposed budget for the Los Angeles Public Library in Los Angeles, California.

The article reports that the Hawaii State Public Library System's 2009-2001 budget will be reduced by 10 percent, resulting in fewer materials and jobs. Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle requested all state departments to prepare for budget cuts of 10, 15, or possibly 20 percent. The amount lost is nearly $3 million.

This article presents information on the increased operating revenue of the United States' 100 leading media companies. A steady stream of mergers and acquisitions, plus rapid growth in advertising and new media forms, delivered a healthy 13.3% rise to 1996 operating revenue of the nation's 100 leading media companies. That revenue hit $112.1 billion, led by a strong cable field, which posted $31.1 billion in operating revenue. The 30 cable operations of the 100 count heavily on advertising growth and market penetration to sustain growth. The advertising take for all cable grew 13.1% to $6.04 billion in '96 as penetration expanded to 68.1% of television households in '96 vs. 66.8% in '95.

The article reports on a proposal filed by the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) on September 13, 2019 to the Copyright Royalty Board estimating it will need 37.25 million dollars to build its infrastructure and then have a first-year operating budget of 29 million dollars.

A Norfolk farmer with terminal cancer has raised more than £50,000 for a mental health charity after being diagnosed with severe depression. Poultry producer Patrick Joice, of Uphouse Farm, South Raynham, organised a Naked Farmer charity cricket day to say thank you for the help he received from the You Are Not Alone (Yana) project - which provides confidential support for farmers. The cricket day was named after the Australian Naked Farmer Facebook page, where Mr Joice first shared his story. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses a meeting by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Board of Directors in Honolulu, Hawaii from December 13-15, 2015, with topics discussed including 2016 operating budget, capital budget, and reelection of Pat N. Confalone as board chair.

The author discusses the projects as well as the performance of building automation industry discussed in the meeting. Topics discussed include business plan and financial plan for the future; year-to-date group operating budget for an open discussion; and marketing of new products with repeat clients.

The article discusses how Robert Hunt, manager of enterprise systems management at data center American Greetings Corp., achieved the goal of driving out costs related to energy use. The team achieves reducing energy usage and lowering operating costs by turning off a number of the CRACs that cool the facilities of American Greetings. IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager is being used to monitor and manage power usage and where additional cooling may be required on servers.

The article reports on the failure of the private contractor Tube Lines Ltd. to agree on a budget cost for the improvement of the rapid transit system London Underground (LU) in England. It mentions that Tube Lines bid for a budget of 5.75 billion pounds, but LU could only prepare four billion pounds as payment. Chris Bolt, the arbiter of the 30-year public-private partnership (PPP) contract, suggests that LU should scale back some of its works to meet the demand of the contractor.

Information about the meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) on December 3-5, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia is presented. It states that Bonnie Charpentier was elected by the ACS Board of Directors as chairman while Diane Grob Schmidt, Eric C. Bigham and William F. Carroll Jr. were selected to take the slots on the Executive Committee. It mentions that the Society Committee on Budget & Finance recommended to the Board of Directors the approval of the proposed operating budget for 2010.

The article reports that Broward County Library (BCL) officials and decision makers at Nova Southeastern University's Davie campus have settled a protracted dispute over how much BCL should contribute to the fiscal year 2008 operating budget of the joint-use Alvin Sherman Library, Research and Information Technology Center. In addition to funds already lost, librarians were waiting in mid-October 2007 to see how legislators were going to close a $1.1-billion revenue shortfall caused by an ailing local economy.

Reveals the plans of restructuring specialist Alvarez & Marsal to increase the marketing budget for the top brands of Interstate Bakeries Corp. (IBC) in 2005. Objective of the marketing upsurge since the September 2004 bankruptcy filing by IBC; Changes made in the IBC structure; Improvement in the performance of its Wonder brand.

This article reports on the warning made by analysts on information technology staffers regarding IT spending. According to Barbara Gomolski, an analyst at Gartner Inc. and a “Computerworld” columnist, the widespread availability of low-cost labor overseas has meant fewer bonuses and raises for technology professionals in the U.S. Forrester Research estimates that companies will increase the head counts of their U.S. IT staffs by just 5% between 2004 and 2008.

This article reports on the positive outlook of the chief information officers (CIO) about their 2005 spending plans. It notes, however, that many information technology (IT) managers are expected to increase spending on hardware and outsourcing primarily in response to pressure from corporate executives to cut IT infrastructure and labor costs. A survey released by Forrester Research Inc. indicated that companies plan to increase their overall IT spending by an average of 7% in 2005. However, some of the anticipated hardware growth is being driven by investments companies are making in less expensive machines that are expected to produce operational cost savings over the next 18 to 24 months.

This article presents statistics, related to the construction cost index (CCI) in the U.S. CCI's labor component increased 0.9% in August, accounting for most of this month's increase in the index. Annual inflation measured by the building cost index slipped from 9.0 to 8.5% as labor costs failed to match last year's gains. Cement prices held steady after climbing 0.5% in July and 0.7% in May. Portland cement prices now are up 1.9% over a year ago, nearly three times the 0.5% annual rate of increase recorded for the same month a year ago. Ready-mix concrete prices are responding to higher cement prices by rising 0.3% in August, after climbing 0.6% in July.

Offers observations on budget management in the information technology industry. Importance of understanding the basic information about capital and operating budgets; Responsibilities of budgetary management; How to use budget information effectively, including its disclosure to employees.

The article offers information on the conceptual design phase annual operating budget for a multiplex movie theater project. The importance of including an operating budget in a building project is discussed. A chart is also presented which depicts the building program's annual operating budget, including salaries, outsourced operation and maintenance costs, and other expenses.

The article discusses the increase number of the relocation of contact centers overseas to minimize labor costs in the U.S. It highlights the increase demand of call centers in the country and mentions the struggle of the offshore call centers such as low-quality of service. It also cites the difference between the domestic and offshore call centers including the hold time, the talk time of the agents and call transfers.

The article discusses the importance of the operating and construction budget for the success of the building program for the retrofit of the centralized campus boiler. It mentions the conceptual-phase of the annual operating budget of the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a central boiler plant. Moreover, a table that lists the salaries and wages of the employees in the condensing boiler is also presented.

The article focuses on a building program to basis of design for a patient floor corridor renovation within an existing hospital building project. Topics include guidelines for designing a renovated patient care space within a hospital facility, the importance of operating budget on the success and investment of each building program project, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2002 report on hospital acquired infections (HAIs) in U.S. hospitals.

The article offers information on creating a sustainable college dormitory building program. Topics covered include the addition of an operating budget and construction budget in the program. Also mentioned is the importance of ensuring that the building design complies with building standards set by local authorities.

The article presents a sample of an HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) annual operating budget add-on to a current K-6th grade operating budget at the conceptual phase of a building addition project. A successful and sustainable building program includes an operating and construction budget. Fifteen to 20% of the cost of a building is first cost while the operation of the building over its life makes up 80% or more of the cost to own a building.

An industry report of the aerospace industry in U.S. is presented from accounting data for Aircraft Carriers spending budget published by U.S. Navy with topics including CVN 78 Ford Class Carrier replacement program and CVN 68 Nimitz Class Carrier Refueling & Complex Overhauling.