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Download full textWisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2000
This manual is intended to serve as a guide for public library directors and boards of trustees in meeting the requirements of Wisconsin's public librarian certification law which requires certification for administrators of public library systems, county libraries, county library services, and municipal public libraries. The manual contains the…
Descriptors: Certification, Librarians, Library Administration, Library Directors
Anderson, A. J.; And Others – Library Journal, 1987
Presentation of a scenario in which a city council imposes fees for public library services without consulting the library director or trustees is followed by three analyses of the situation, and ways in which it should be handled by the library director are suggested. (CLB)
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Library Administration, Library Directors, Library Role
Griffin, Mary Ann – 1986
Developments in technology, in organizational structure, and in higher education are placing increasing demands on library managers. The library director, once primarily concerned with finances, and the management of collection, staff, and facilities, must increasingly be concerned with the articulation of values. The formulation and promulgation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Directors
Peer reviewedMoskowitz, Michael Ann – College and Research Libraries, 1986
A study based on a model developed by Henry Mintzberg examined the internal and external managerial roles of 126 New England college and university library directors. Survey results indicate that the 97 responding directors were primarily involved with internal managerial roles and work contacts. (CDD)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Role, Higher Education, Library Administration
Peer reviewedShaughnessy, Thomas W. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Discusses the positive effects that can be attained in a library when senior management successfully supports library directors, and the importance of understanding the director's role and management style in order to increase his or her effectiveness. (CLB)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Leadership Responsibility, Library Administration, Library Directors
Peer reviewedGothberg, Helen M.; Riggs, Donald E. – College and Research Libraries, 1988
Describes a survey that evaluated time management practices among directors of large academic libraries. Factors such as the ability to delegate authority, leadership style, and the most common time wasters are discussed, and topics are suggested for further research. (19 references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Efficiency, Leadership Qualities, Library Administration
Taler, Izabella – 1984
The survey described in this report was designed to test whether or not library directors are able to recognize the existence of the problem of burnout (the emotional and physical exhaustion due to continued stress on the job) and how, if at all, top management of the institutions of which the library is a part view and deal with the issue. Survey…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Peer reviewedAnderson, 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
Michigan Library, Lansing. – 1994
This manual is designed to give public library trustees basic information on the structure of library service in Michigan, with emphasis on the trustees' major areas of responsibility, in order to help trustees understand and fulfill their obligations. In particular, the "Action Checklist" at the end of each chapter is designed to assist…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Guides, Decision Making, Governing Boards
Turner, Anne M. – 1993
Written from the perspective of a working director, this book is a guide to setting fair and appropriate behavior rules and training staff in how to implement them. Policies for exhibit and meeting room use; issues surrounding street people, the mentally ill, and substance abusers; sexual deviancy and parental child abuse in the library;…
Descriptors: Censorship, Child Abuse, Exhibits, Homeless People
