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Diener, Ronald E. – Library Journal, 1981
Recommends that library administrators turn to public administration models in preference to business administration models for network management; this choice is predicated on the not-for-profit aspects of public service organizations. (RAA)
Descriptors: Business Administration, Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Lim, Adriene – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Despite the fact that the rate of unionism has grown in institutions of higher education over the past several decades, and the recent economic recession occurred at the same time that academic libraries faced accelerating changes in scholarly communication and technology, increased demands for accountability, and heightened external competition,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Unions, Leaders, Case Studies
Taler, Izabella – 1994
This citation analysis of the use of public and business administration literature in the field of library science examined library science monographs and the last four years (1990-93) of "Journal of Library Administration." The monographs were published between 1980 and 1992 and were selected on the basis of a favorable review in the…
Descriptors: Books, Business Administration, Citation Analysis, Higher Education
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Lofgren, Hans – Australian Library Journal, 1998
Examines implications of the introduction of Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) to Victoria (Australia) public libraries and the revision or abandonment of previously dominant ideals of public administration. Topics include the role of government; public services as a competitive market environment; economic rationalism; and the threat to the…
Descriptors: Competition, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Free Enterprise System
Prentice, Ann E. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
The 90 journal articles, manuals, and reports listed in this bibliography were selected from the literatures of business, public administration, and library and information science. Emphasis is on articles that define and clarify activities or suggest innovative ways of applying new techniques. Most articles have been published since 1981. (CLB)
Descriptors: Accounting, Bookkeeping, Budgeting, Library Administration
Becnel, Kim; O'Shea, Patrick – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2013
This paper describes the design of an innovative educational experience that took place during the summer of 2011 with a cohort of library science students at Appalachian State University. This group of students, working online in their own virtual public libraries, engaged in an extended epistemic game that required the participants to undertake…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Administration, Library Education, Educational Games
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Woodrum, Pat, Ed. – Journal of Library Administration, 1989
The 16 articles in this issue focus on planning for future trends in public library administration. Topics discussed include leadership qualities; administrator education; collective bargaining; funding and budgeting; governance; user fees; collection management; community involvement and support; special population groups; services to educational…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Budgeting, Collective Bargaining, Community Information Services
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Robinson, Charles W. – Public Libraries, 1989
Discusses the value of statistics in public library administration and recent efforts by the federal government and the Public Library Association (PLA) to gather public library statistics. PLA's Public Library Data Service (PLDS) Statistical Report '88 and planned online availability are described. An inset shows data on salaries for beginning…
Descriptors: Databases, Librarians, Library Administration, Library Associations
Behrman, Sara – Library Administration & Management, 1994
Discussion of intellectual freedom, access to information, and public library administration focuses on three main areas: (1) access to minors; (2) access to library services by the poor, including library card registration policies that require a permanent address; and (3) charging fines and fees. Information equality and access to Internet are…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adolescents, Children, Computer Networks
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Downs, Robert B.; Heussman, John W. – 1969
A 1969 survey of 50 leading American and Canadian university libraries collected data in the following categories: resources, personnel, finances, space, public services, administration, and professional school libraries. This summary report provides extensive tabular data in five broad categories: (1) summary tables; (2) institutional rank; (3)…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Law Libraries, Library Administration
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Shontz, Marilyn Louise – Top of the News, 1982
Identifies and summarizes the findings of almost 60 research studies, both before and after 1970, of public library service to children and young adults pertaining to administration, public library use, and services and programs. Current trends and research needs are also discussed, and 63 references and a bibliography are included. (RBF)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Authors, Children, Information Seeking
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 2019
This resource was designed to be used by individuals and groups as an ongoing reflection tool. Inclusion is not a one-size-fits-all concept, nor a complete-and-move-on challenge. The checklist and supporting resources are meant to help individual libraries evaluate current services as well as plan for the future. Ultimately, changes and…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Public Libraries, Library Services, Check Lists
Chute, Adrienne; Kroe, P. Elaine – Education Statistics Quarterly, 1999
The 40 tables of this report summarize information about libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia in fiscal year 1996. Includes information about public library service measures, administration and staffing, and other characteristics. (SLD)
Descriptors: Financial Support, Library Administration, Library Funding, Library Personnel
Ballard, Thomas H. – American Libraries, 1983
This essay aimed at large and medium-sized public libraries discusses library administration as a low-level function meant to support, rather than rule, the nonadministrative staff; management and administration as separate functions; the delegation of responsibility; and tasks of the administrator. (EJS)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Librarians, Library Administration
Anderson, Terry; And Others – 1979
This collection of bibliographies funded by the state cooperative extension service lists books and articles on various aspects of rural librarianship. Topics include community development and community analysis, school-public library cooperation, administration of the small and medium-sized library, library networking and interlibrary…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Networks, Library Science, Library Services