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Bredsdorff, Aase – 1979
Most countries have school legislation, and many have library legislation; however, in very few is school library legislation found. It is noteworthy that school libraries are the weakest in many library systems. There is a strong case to be made for a legal requirement that library services be established in all recognized schools and vocational…
Descriptors: Legislation, Library Administration, Library Planning, Library Science
Cooke, Eileen D. – 1979
Statistics are basic to the legislative process and must be available in a form quickly and easily perceived to support library legislation. There should be a sound statistical base, fleshed out with practical examples, to impress legislators and lay persons. Communication of statistical data to decision makers requires a sound public information…
Descriptors: Legislation, Libraries, Library Administration, Library Planning
Abramov, K. I. – 1979
Library studies in institutions of higher learning in socialist countries regularly include studies of library legislation. The topic is integrated into course syllabuses and textbooks, and is discussed in detail in such courses as "Organization and Management of Librarianship" taught at all library educational institutions in the USSR.…
Descriptors: Communism, Legislation, Libraries, Library Administration
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Powell, Lawrence Clark – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1986
This essay relates author's experiences as librarian, educator, and administrator. Discussion covers elements of good librarianship, art of administration, climate in academic libraries, staff motivation in midst of technological changes, right person in wrong place or wrong person at wrong time, and associations with Keyes Metcalf and Luther H.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrators, Higher Education, Librarians
Shavit, David – 1984
Research on public libraries is conducted in library and information science schools, commercial firms, state library agencies, research institutes, and some public libraries and library systems. While a number of library science professionals demand research, there appears to be a lack of the communication of research results so that they may be…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Science, Library Administration, Library Planning
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Nichols, John V. – Library Trends, 1995
Explores the reasons for incorporating trend analysis of librarianship into library planning and marketing. Key financial and technological issues are reviewed, and the techniques of environmental scanning and alternative scenario-building to incorporate future trends are discussed. (AEF)
Descriptors: Environmental Scanning, Financial Support, Futures (of Society), Information Technology
Stieg, Margaret F. – 1992
This book assesses the role of library and information science education in the American university against a broad background of the issues faced by professional schools and the field in general. The book is based in part on information provided by eight accredited schools of library and information science. The issues covered include: (1) what…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Objectives, Faculty, Graduate Students
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Mchombu, K. J. – Information Processing and Management, 1984
Evaluation of Tanzanian experiences in developing nationwide public library system under conditions of limited resources and unlimited user demands discusses six principles as basis for alternative strategy: liquidating irrelevant librarianship theories; establishing valid performance measures; adopting cost-effectiveness; giving primacy to…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Formative Evaluation
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Buckland, Michael K. – College and Research Libraries, 1989
Examines the foundations of academic librarianship in terms of the ends and means of library services, recognition of the difference between them, exploration of the quality of library services, and development and refinement of descriptions of these concerns. The impact of information technologies on these areas is discussed. (17 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Electronic Publishing, Guidelines
Rader, Hannelore B. – 1988
Arguing that traditional models are no longer effective in the information, age in which change will be a constant, this paper advocates the use of team-management to ensure two-way communication in an academic library. The need for both creative approaches to problem-solving and managing the library organization and a new organizational structure…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making, Higher Education
Kolodziejska, Jadwiga; And Others – 1981
Seven of these ten papers are concerned with library research in specific countries; the remaining three deal with library planning and ethics in research. Titles are "The Library as a Cultural Institution," by Jadwiga Kolodziejska, Poland; "The International Seminar 'Book and Library in Society' of the Polish Book and Readers…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Coordination, Foreign Countries, History
Ezzell, Joline, Ed. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Nine articles in this issue cover topics currently being discussed in serials librarianship: historical development, impact of technology, relationship of librarians and publishers of serials, collection development, management of serials automation, serials conversion, automated serials control, MARC format for holdings and locations, a union…
Descriptors: History, Librarians, Library Administration, Library Automation
Mueller, Carol J. – 1988
This paper addresses the concept of the communication audit, i.e., a fact-finding analysis, interpretation, and reporting process that studies the communication philosophy, structure, flow, and practice of the organization. Reasons for doing a communication audit are identified: (1) to uncover information blockages and organizational hindrances;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Audits (Verification), Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education
Smalls, Mary L. – 1985
The approaching information age will encompass a different societal system in the 21st century due to the impact of the information revolution resulting from developments in computer and communications technology. In light of these changes, libraries need to evolve with the new technology by preparing now to become part of the electronic…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Futures (of Society), Information Needs, Information Science
Moul, Richard H. – 1988
Focusing on the point of contrast between the library, whose primary role is the preservation of knowledge, and other dimensions of an information society where knowledge has become increasingly fragmented and exteriorized, this paper begins by defining leadership and reviewing various meanings assigned to the term "discourse." Several…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Influences, Discourse Analysis, Information Dissemination
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