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Peer reviewedWall, Barbara – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Discusses how the school library media specialist (SLMS) must assume leadership in establishing and nurturing administrative partnerships and to take the risk of leading when the opportunity arises. Offers tips for managing your professional partnerships: be professional at all times, learn your job, do your job to the very best of your ability,…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Responsibility, Library Administration
Direct linkKelly, Robert E., IV – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2003
The experiences of a first-time community college library director during the initial three months on the job are detailed. The process of automation software migration is used as a vehicle for demonstrating activities performed to improve knowledge. Marketing, customer service, and identification of core library supporters are addressed. Concern…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Libraries, Library Administration, Library Personnel
Peer reviewedButler, Alan; Calvert, Philip – Information Development, 1986
Two articles discuss library administration and staff training at the University of New Guinea, and question the value of quantitative standards for the high school libraries of Papua New Guinea. The major problem in the high schools is identified as lack of experienced personnel to implement standards. (CDD)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, High Schools, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMittermeyer, Diane – Library and Information Science Research, 1989
Describes a study that (1) compared the amount of professional input into the decision-making process between board administered and municipally integrated public libraries, and (2) examined the relationships between levels of centralization (participation in decision making and hierarchy of authority), complexity (occupational specialties,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Governing Boards, Librarian Attitudes
Peer reviewedBowden, Russell – Education for Information, 1987
Discusses past achievements and future plans of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) and other international organizations, such as UNESCO, that are concerned with library education and training. The fields of management and information technology are emphasized, and resolutions and recommendations from various international…
Descriptors: Archives, Conferences, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedAina, L. O. – International Library Review, 1991
Two articles discuss information professions in Africa. Highlights include the training of personnel at the middle level; library schools at the University of Ibadan and the University of Botswana; curriculum recommendations; and a review of 87 articles published between 1985 and 1989 that investigate areas of research in the information…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Scientists
