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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

Marquardt, Steve – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
Academic libraries can improve their management of change by reshaping performance appraisal into performance planning. This article notes problems with traditional employee evaluation as well as benefits of alternatives that focus on the future, on users, on planning and learning, and on skills needed to address problems and enhance individual…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society)

Hopkins, Richard L. – Reference Librarian, 1995
Librarians will have to become more adept in the future in developing ways to assist users in narrowing or focusing information searches. Examples are provided of attempts by library and information professionals to help users cope with the problem of information overload. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Seeking, Librarians, Library Development

Lancaster, F. W. – Library Trends, 1995
Discusses the evolution of electronic publishing from the early 1960s when computers were used merely to produce conventional printed products to the present move toward networked scholarly publishing. Highlights include library development, periodicals on the Internet, online journals versus paper journals, problems, and the future of…
Descriptors: Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing, Futures (of Society), Information Dissemination
Jordan, Sonja K. – 1995
This report provides a review of Bulgaria's history as it relates to library collections, and describes the current state of preservation activities at key institutions. The discussion includes: the political history of Bulgaria and its library collections; the Soviet state and its aftermath; economic constraints; decentralization of Bulgaria's…
Descriptors: Background, Centralization, Decentralization, Economics

Crawford, Walt – North Carolina Libraries, 1995
Discusses the future of libraries' extended access and services. Highlights include disposing myths and projections for the future, problems and promises of new technologies, increasing public and academic library funding, and planning for extended libraries. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Futures (of Society), Information Technology
Council on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1993
The Council on Library Resources was created to address the problems of libraries and is now committed to the most significant library problem of all, ensuring that library resources are embraced as part of the solution for people who seek to solve their own problems and those of their communities and institutions. In this annual report, the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Annual Reports, Demography, Economic Factors

Moorcroft, Heather; Byrne, Alex – Australian Academic and Research Libraries, 1996
Discusses the lack of protection given to the intellectual and cultural property rights of Aboriginal publications and archival materials. Raises issues regarding ownership of materials, cultural documentation, primary property rights for nonphysical materials, and the related legislation. Offers collection development strategies for librarians to…
Descriptors: Archives, Cultural Background, Documentation, Indigenous Populations
Fidelman, Miles R. – 1997
This report provides a step-by-step look at defining, planning, implementing, operating, and supporting Internet services for library patrons. Experts from the Cambridge (Massachusetts) Public Library share their experiences pioneering a high-speed, graphical Internet service that supports the full range of multimedia materials available across…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Libraries, Hypermedia

Dilevko, Juris; Gottlieb, Lisa – Library Quarterly, 2003
Shows how a well-respected collection development tool contains ideological frames, using the "Public Library Catalog" (PLC) as an example. Evaluation by library science graduate students indicate that the PLC makes recommendations that have an imbalance of perspectives, overemphasize a particular facet or theory within a field, lack authority,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Ham, Sam H. – Green Library Journal, 1992
Identifies and defines categories of barriers that inhibit Environmental Education's growth and development in schools: conceptual, educational, attitudinal, and logistical. Expands on the implications of the barriers and a role for libraries in resolving these problems. (MCO)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Inservice Education