Increasing income

There’s more than one way to skin a cat.  Reducing expenditure is one way to beat the cuts, increasing income is another.  These subpages look at the ways it is possible and their pros and cons:

• Charging – Why not just charge for membership? Lending?
• Retail – Think like a shop.

See also

• Enabling Enterprise in Libraries by Locality/Arts Council England (2014)
• Income Generation for Public Libraries: a Practical Guide for Library Service Commissioners and Providers in England – Locality (2014). “Locality has worked with Arts Council England over a six month period to explore existing good practice and assess the potential to further enable income generation to support and enhance as well as to improve the overall resilience and sustainability of library services.