Author: Barbara Rad-El
Academic libraries are currently facing shrinking budgets, while at the same time finding themselves having to support inefficient existing programs or novel costs. This conundrum, called “the third rail” of modern academia, is another one of the challenges with an especially significant impact on small and medium-sized libraries. Chronic budget constraints make it hard to find and adopt solutions that meet dynamic library needs – and 2021 budgets are tighter than ever due to the impact of Covid19 on academic institutions. Libraries have fewer personnel, inadequate technology, and limited resources, but the demands on them have generally increased.
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