Includes index.

Federal support for library and information science research / Trudi Bellardo Hahn -- Alternative funding for public libraries : trends, sources, and the heated arguments that surround it / Denise E. Agosto -- From foundation to federal funding : the impact of grants on education for library and information science / Linda C. Smith -- The development and impact of digital library funding in the United States / Jeffrey Pomerantz, Songphan Choemprayong, Lori Eakin -- A review of research related to management of corporate libraries / James M. Matarazzo, Toby Pearlstein.

Throughout this volume, the influence of research funding on advances in libraries and librarianship is addressed from two perspectives: funding agents and specific initiatives. A collection of chapters concentrate on a number of questions: Do the agendas of those agencies and foundations that fund research in the profession shape the topics of sponsored inquiry and methodologies used to gather evidence for research that advances libraries and librarianship? What are the trends in the questions funded, in the areas of librarianship supported, and perhaps of greatest interest, in the impact funders have made on our understanding of libraries, librarianship, and solving problems that face them? The traditions of 'Advances in Librarianship' offer an appropriate forum to explore these questions through a collection of in depth reviews of the literature and practice.