David How about investing some of this money into more multi-disciplinary projects including library mergers with all the maximisation benefits for physical, virtual and human resources that that entails?. Another related idea would be to provide funding to build on licenses already held by higher educational establishments to improve access for all disciplines to Internet resources. I do realise, hosever, that the latter entails ongoing expense. Judith Hilton Section Head - Distributed Services University of Central Lancashire ---------- From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Hypothetical #500,000 Date: 12 November 1999 16:40 Dear all, If the Health Care Libraries Unit had L500,000 to spend in 2000-2001 what should it be spent on ? As a reminder HCLU's remit can be summarised as: To lead, co-ordinate, develop and monitor all health library & information services in the NW Region. David %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%