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Direct linkJerrard, Jane; Bolt, Nancy; Strege, Karen – ALA Editions, 2012
This timely special report from ALA Editions provides a succinct but comprehensive overview of the "privatization" of public libraries. It provides a history of the trend of local and state governments privatizing public services and assets, and then examines the history of public library privatization right up to the California…
Descriptors: Privatization, Public Libraries, Library Services, State Legislation
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; King, Donald W. – ALA Editions, 2011
The latest and most comprehensive assessment of public librarians' education and career paths to date, this important volume reports on a large-scale research project performed by authors Jose-Marie Griffiths and Donald W. King. Presented in collaboration with the Office for Research and Statistics (ORS), the book includes an examination of trends…
Descriptors: Employment, Public Libraries, Library Role, Trend Analysis
Hayes, Robert M.; Walter, Virginia A. – 1996
Public libraries must operate in a time of increasing change, both within the library community and throughout the larger social and economic environments in which the library must function. This book is a guide to the strategic management of change in community libraries. It addresses the unique circumstances and needs of public libraries and…
Descriptors: Change, Change Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Library Administration
Prentice, Ann E. – 1996
This new edition retains the underlying principles which distinguished the earlier volume: the impact of the economic environment on libraries, the interrelations of financial and service planning, attention to budgeting, and realistic appraisal of the prospects for the support of libraries. Added to this foundation are the economic and…
Descriptors: Budgets, Environment, Financial Needs, Financial Support
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. – 2000
The Library of Congress asked the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) of the National Academies to conduct a study to provide strategic advice concerning the information technology path that the Library of Congress should traverse over the coming decade. The Committee on an Information Technology Strategy for the Library of…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Systems, Information Technology, Library Administration
Crawford, Walt; Gorman, Michael – 1995
Policymakers and library administrators are being drawn to the idea of the "virtual library" and the "library without walls," the webs of electronic resources that supposedly will displace books, physical libraries, and most library staff, and are believing the virtual library to be imminent, adequate, and cost-effective. This…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Publishing, Futures (of Society), Information Networks
