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Gwinn, Nancy E.; And Others – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1980
A program to develop managers for academic and research libraries is reviewed through the eyes of eight participants. Former interns relate their experiences and impressions while in the program and its effect on their professional careers. (RAA)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Internship Programs, Library Administration, Management Development
University Undergraduate Libraries: Nearly Extinct or Continuing Examples of Evolution? A Symposium.

Person, Roland, Ed. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1982
Seven commentators review the development and current status of undergraduate libraries, and speculate on their future direction. They are Irene Hoadley, Texas A&M; Judith Harwood, Southern Illinois; Kenneth Toombs, South Carolina; Sheila Laidlaw, Toronto; G. A. Rudolph, Nebraska; Shelley Phipps, Arizona; and Frank Rodgers of Miami University.…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Failure, Futures (of Society), Library Administration

Rubin, Richard, Ed. – Library Trends, 1989
Twelve articles discuss personnel management in libraries. Topics covered include building job commitment among employers, collective bargaining, entry-level recruitment, employee turnover, performance evaluation, managing resistance to change, training problems, productivity, employee stress, compensation systems, and the Allerton Park Institute.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Compensation (Remuneration), Higher Education, Job Performance

Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1984
Administrators relate their experiences in development and governance of library networks--AMIGOS (an OCLC local system); network developed by University of Minnesota Libraries; the California Library Authority for Systems and Services (CLASS); OCLC--and note past accomplishments and future prospects of the National Commission on Libraries and…
Descriptors: Consortia, History, Information Services, Information Systems
Scarborough, Katharine – Library Journal, 1991
Describes an ethnic collection development conference held in California that focused on how librarians can meet the needs of the growing numbers of ethnic and racial minorities. Topics discussed include library management; sources of reviews for ethnic titles; selection criteria; acquisitions procedures; cataloging practices; subject heading…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Cataloging, Conferences, Criteria

Van House, Nancy A.; Childers, Thomas – Public Libraries, 1991
Discusses methods of evaluation that can be used to measure public library effectiveness, based on a conference sponsored by the Council on Library Resources. Topics discussed include the Public Library Effectiveness Study (PLES), quantitative and qualitative evaluation, using evaluative information for resource acquisition and resource…
Descriptors: Conferences, Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society), Governance