University Library Finance

This book gives a comparative study of state funded universities in Western India in terms of financial resources and its utilization and provide policy option for enhancement of university libraries. This work has been carried out by using primary and secondary sources from various libraries.Questionnaire were circulated to each of the seventeen university librarians (State funded non-agricultural University libraries) to collect statistical data relating to various sources of library funding, fund allocation, and library expenditures in the university libraries. The author has made efforts to collect 60 years statistical data of Pune University and compared it with Western Indian Universities from 2004/2005 to 2008/2009 The author has taken a sneak review of financial management library and its development, present scenario of library funding and its mechanism, use of technology in the libraries, factors influencing libraries in today’s scenario followed by the role of libraries.The out put of this research will be useful for resource generation, man-power, resource sharing, and minimize the expenditure of university libraries for better result.