Alternative Funding Model for Libraries in Pakistan.Khalid Mahmood. 2004. Unpublished doctoraldissertation, University of the Punjab, Lahore

The main purpose of this study was to develop and proposean alternative funding model (afm) for public sector libraries in pakistan which have always been under-financed. to achieve thisobjective the researcher adopted a multi-phase research process. in the first phase, a comprehensive literature review was conducted.the areas covered in the review of literature include fundingsituation of public, academic and special libraries in developed countries, developing countries and pakistan; causes and effects of, and responses to, funding crisis in libraries; methods for alternativefunding being used in libraries including fees for library serviceand fundraising; and model formulation in library and information science. based on the review of literature in struments were developed for library survey and expert interviews.