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Peer reviewedWeinland, Janice; McClure, Charles R. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
A review of the debate within the library profession concerning the changing role of libraries and fee based library services is followed by the presentation and discussion of an economic analysis of library services based on an indifference curve model. This model may be used to justify selected user fees. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Economic Change, Fees, Information Services
Peer reviewedWalters, Edward M. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Identifies five institutional forms of library consortia, one of which is local consortia or proximal networks, and discusses issues that apply to local library consortia. Highlights include redefinition of the library role, appropriate technology, bibliographic control, direct access, governance, and financing. (10 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Classification, Consortia, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Peer reviewedWetherbee, Louella V. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Reviews the literature on library network governance with particular attention to the role of lay trustees, and describes the composition of 12 multistate library network boards. A model for the selection of lay trustees that is based on needed outside expertise is presented. (23 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Governance, Governing Boards
Peer reviewedHoadley, Irene B. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Reviews the history of the relationship between OCLC and the regional networks, and examines current stresses in this relationship. Strategies that might be used to preserve this partnership are suggested. (1 reference) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning
Peer reviewedFlower, Kenneth E. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Reports the results of a survey designed to determine how telecommunications information policy questions are resolved on university campuses and to determine the role played by the library and computing center. Four organizational models based on these results are presented and the implications are discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decentralization, Higher Education, Information Technology
Peer reviewedCasserly, Mary F. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
This discussion of the potential relationship between the accreditation process and organizational change in academic libraries includes the presentation of models of planned change and self-study. A study designed to determine which factors in the models relate to successful accreditation-related self-study processes is described and the results…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accreditation (Institutions), Case Studies, Change Strategies
Peer reviewedCortez, Edwin M.; Bunge, Charles A. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Discusses the relationship between effective organizational communication and specific library contexts and reviews the historical development of communication audits as a means of studying communication effectiveness. The generic structure of such audits is described and two models are presented in detail, including techniques for gathering and…
Descriptors: Communication Audits, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Decision Support Systems
