Strategic Librarian

West, a Thomson Reuters business released the 3rd Quarter PeerMonitor Index in recent days.  The market analysis shows a decline from last quarter, stating:
Billable hours experienced a -5% contraction through August. But September hours rebounded, finishing the entire quarter down by only -2.5%. Productivity remained weak at -4.5% as adjustments to headcount lagged market conditions. [...]

Many of you are probably already done preparing your budget for 2009.  I’ve heard from some of you that you’ve been asked to reduce your budgets significantly given the current economic environment.  At the same time, some firms are asking their library directors/managers to keep the budget flat.   As far as I know, there aren’t many who have [...]