Library of Congress: Status of Retail Activities Metadata
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Title
- Main Title Library of Congress: Status of Retail Activities
Creator
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Author: United States. General Accounting Office.Creator Type: Organization
Publisher
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Name: United States. General Accounting Office.Place of Publication: Washington D.C.
Date
- Creation: 2002-04-29
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This report evaluates the use of profits from the Library of Congress' retail activities to support other Library activities. GAO found that the Library has not yet developed an overall plan, specific business plans, pricing policies, or the accounting procedures to generate profits to support other activities. Although it has policies and procedures to control the use of its logo, the Library has not yet defined the scope and mission of the retailing functions, control of products, or licensing agreements. The Library's three major retail activities--the Photoduplication Service, the Gift Shop, and the Audio Video Laboratory--have not consistently generated profits or covered all costs for the last five years. In each case, the activity's total expenses exceeded its total revenues. GAO found that the Library is not able to conduct a study on generating profits from the its retail activities to support other Library activities or evaluate options."
Subject
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: Government accountability -- United States.
- Keyword: auditing and financial management
- Keyword: Library of Congress
- Keyword: correspondence
Coverage
- Place Name: United States
Collection
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Name: Government Accountability Office ReportsCode: GAORT
Institution
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Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents DepartmentCode: UNTGD
Rights
- Rights License: pd
Resource Type
- Text
Format
- Text
Identifier
- Report No.: GAO-02-554R
- Accession or Local Control No: 91234
- URL: http://gao.gov/products/GAO-02-554R
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc299209