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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
Westerman, Mel – 1985
The greater organizational complexity of libraries and information centers in recent years has given rise to more complex problems for managers. To facilitate solutions, operations research (OR) techniques have been developed that consider the quantitative dimensions of problems along with their political and organizational aspects. Eight standard…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Information Centers, Library Administration, Management Systems
Peer reviewedTurock, Betty J. – Library and Information Science Research, An International Journal, 1984
Reports on research undertaken to develop model for planning and evaluating regional multitype library networks that engage in resource sharing. Identification and interdependence of eight organizational variables (planning, governance, funding, communication and delivery, configuration, administration, evaluation, and success) based upon members'…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Hypothesis Testing, Interviews, Library Administration
Peer reviewedBrember, V. L. – Journal of Documentation, 1985
Presents Checkland's soft systems methodology, discusses it in terms of the systems approach, and illustrates how it was used to relate evidence of user survey to practical problems of library management. Difficulties in using methodology are described and implications for library management and information science research are presented. (8…
Descriptors: Flow Charts, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Information Systems
Peer reviewedBengston, Dale Susan; Shields, Dorothy – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1985
Predictive equations from Marchant's research on participative management and job satisfaction were tested using same data collection procedures and instruments that had been used to study 22 major U.S. academic libraries in 1970. Management style was again found to be best predictor of librarian satisfaction in academic setting. (17 references)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Libraries, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction
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
