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Nonprofessional Staff in Libraries: A Mismanaged Resource.
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Turner, Brenda G. – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Examines the neglect of library support staff within the context of six areas of library management: physical facilities; effective and efficient work stations; supplies; attitude toward human resources; communication and information; and performance evaluation and feedback. Graphs present data on expenditures in several areas, and suggestions for…
Descriptors: Feedback, Graphs, Librarian Attitudes, Library Administration
Changing Reference Service Environment: A Review of Perspectives from Managers, Librarians, and Users.
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Rieh, Soo Young – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1999
Reviews the literature on academic library reference service, and examines changes in the traditional reference desk model. Based on the review from the perspectives of managers, librarians, and users, new research directions are proposed in which users' information-search processes and librarians' intervention in reference service are integrated.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Attitudes, Change, Higher Education
A Survey on Participative Management among Texas Community College Reference Librarians.
Porter, Exa Lynn – 1990
Advocates of participative management in academic libraries point to increased job satisfaction and performance as benefits, while opponents favor less participative means such as consultive management, with librarians having input and the directors making the decisions. A survey of reference librarians in the Texas community colleges was…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Colleges, Employer Employee Relationship, Job Satisfaction
The Emperor's New Clothes? Problems of the User Survey as a Planning Tool in Academic Libraries.
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Schlichter, Doris J.; Pemberton, J. Michael – College and Research Libraries, 1992
Literature analysis indicates that surveys are not widely used in the planning process for academic libraries because of difficulties with design of user studies, translation of survey results into management decisions, and acceptance of survey data by librarians. Trends such as competition from private information sources will force a change in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Librarian Attitudes
Creative Planning for Library Administration: Leadership for the Future.
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Hendrickson, Kent, Ed. – Journal of Library Administration, 1991
This theme issue focuses on "creating the library's future" through creative library management. Seven articles provide a variety of perspectives on particular library management styles and approaches to library issues. The planning process, creativity in the work place, and innovations in libraries are discussed. (MAB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Mail, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
Conceptual Models of Libraries Held by Faculty, Administrators, and Librarians: An Exploration of Communications in the "Chronicle of Higher Education."
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Nitecki, Danuta A. – Journal of Documentation, 1993
This analysis of metaphors relating to libraries in the "Chronicle of Higher Education" found that (1) administrators view libraries as contributors to the social structure of an academic environment; (2) faculty regard libraries as the repository for physical information resources to support their research; and (3) librarians attribute…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Attitudes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Evaluation Criteria