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Managing a Special Library. Parts I and II.
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Labovitz, Judy; Swanigan, Meryl – Journal of Library Administration, 1985
Various concepts from "In Search of Excellence" are described in context of authors' personal styles. Discussions address thinking in terms of options, using statistics, learning value of corporate politics, a bias toward action, productivity through people, the "lean-machine" concept, staying close to client, entrepreneurship…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Decision Making
From Idealism to Realism: Library Directors and Children's Services.
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Anderson, Dorothy J. – Library Trends, 1987
A review of changing attitudes of library directors toward children's services shows parallels between the rhetoric of 100 years ago and that of today. Library directors interviewed believe children's services are essential to public library survival, the library's critical outreach arm, and dependent on multitalented, politically astute…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Futures (of Society), History, Immigrants
Professional Development Activities of Public Library Administrators: An Opinion Survey of the Relative Value of Such Activities.
McCrossan, John A. – 1987
A survey of 104 Florida public library administrators resulted in a 70% response rate to a questionnaire investigating the value of a variety of types of activities associated with professional development. Presented as a poster session, this report indicates that the following professional and continuing education activities were considered the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Interprofessional Relationship, Library Administration, Library Associations
An Assessment Center for Librarians? What Do Library Managers in the California State University Think?
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DuBois, Henry – 1988
A survey of library directors and assistant/associate directors at the 19 campuses of California State University (CSU) revealed a number of factors mitigating against the implementation of assessment center programs for the development of academic library managers. Respondents were asked in a questionnaire to describe their attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Attitudes, Assessment Centers (Personnel), Higher Education
An Investigation of the Managerial Competencies of Research Librarians: A Preliminary Report of a Council on Library Resources Grant, 1983-85.
Murphy, Marcy; Bailey, Martha J. – 1986
This preliminary report describes a project designed to formulate a competency model for research library managers as suggested input for job descriptions, recruitment and interviewing techniques, training, and curriculum review in the graduate professional programs. The objectives of the project are to identify the requisite managerial…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications
The Public Library's Invisible Managers.
Moran, Barbara B.; Neenan, Peter A. – Library Journal, 1987
Reports results of a survey of specialized administrators of public libraries which examined administrator characteristics, including positions held, professional self-identification (librarian or other), educational background, civic and professional activities, career patterns and job satisfaction. The need to examine further the disparities…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Career Development, Citizen Participation