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Tina M. Griffin; Margaret Janz – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
Libraries at academic institutions have been involved in research data management services (RDMS) for more than ten years. Institutions have adapted their service models in response to funder, journal, and federal mandates that have consequently increased RDMS demand. However, institutions that hope to start or grow their services may have…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Information Management, Data
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Angela Jones-Evans – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2025
This paper examines the impact of process mapping on the management of change in an academic library in a UK higher education institution. Book ordering has been highlighted by a group of subject librarians as being time-consuming and inefficient, detracting from their ability to respond to new challenges and opportunities. An action research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Librarian Attitudes
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John J. Meier – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
This paper presents the results of thirty-seven interviews of senior library leaders at American Association of University (AAU) institutions conducted in Spring 2023. The author replicated a 2016 study from "portal," revealing an increased focus on strategic plan-based decision-making along with new priorities of open scholarship and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decision Making, Library Administration, Administrator Attitudes
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Carrillo, Elena; Gregory, Gwen M. – Journal of Access Services, 2019
After 40 years under one manager, the Circulation Department at the Richard J. Daley Library was long past due for a change. The challenge of reorganizing included interesting and interrelated aspects: changes to workflows and assignments, moving staff and functions inside the department and across departments, and a deep dive into the culture to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Organizational Change, Change Strategies
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Dolan, Meghan; Hemment, Michael; Oliver, Stephanie – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2017
Baker Library at Harvard Business School is increasingly asked by the school's faculty to create custom digital information products to enhance course assignments and to find novel ways of electronically disseminating faculty research. In order to prioritize these requests, as well as facilitate, manage, and track the resulting projects, the…
Descriptors: Business Schools, Sustainability, Innovation, Academic Libraries
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O'Sullivan, Carmel; Partridge, Helen – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2016
Strategic communication is not solely the remit of library managers and directors, but is the product of internal culture and engagement with the organization's brand. Libraries need to communicate strategically, in order to demonstrate to individuals across the organization that their message is on point, and that they understand, are committed…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Communication Strategies, Case Studies, Strategic Planning
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Whitworth, Andrew; Calvo, Maria-Carme Torras; Moss, Bodil; Kifle, Nazareth Amlesom; Blåsternes, Terje – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
Two academic libraries undergoing significant organizational changes were the location for a project that researched how staff members and subunits of the libraries made collective judgments, negotiated what is sometimes called the "landscape of practice"--the collective body of knowledge of their profession--and thus came to collective…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Academic Libraries, Organizational Change, Library Development
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Jantz, Ronald C. – College & Research Libraries, 2015
The research reported here is focused on a specific type of change in an organization: an innovation. In an empirical analysis of research libraries, it was found that five factors had a significant impact on the innovation performance of the library. These factors relate to the strategy, organizational structure, and leadership of the research…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Innovation, Research Libraries, Library Development
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Wilson, Duane – Journal of Access Services, 2014
In response to a charge from the library administration, the Circulation Committee of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University designed and implemented a thorough assessment of circulation policies. Using multiple assessment methods including surveys, focus groups, and statistical analysis, the committee determined that the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Library Services, Library Policy, Library Administration
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Brown, Ron T.; Albright, Kendra S. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2013
Stagnant perceptions continue to persist in the general public regarding the services libraries offer. LIS research suggests an increased need for marketing, yet LIS programs and students may not view marketing as core to the degree. The Google Online Marketing Challenge (GOMC), a global competition for online marketing, was incorporated into two…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Skill Development, Educational Needs, Publicity
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Kim, Giyeong; Yu, So Young – Library Quarterly, 2011
In this explorative study, we first investigate current use of public library statistics in public library management to identify a governing framework and then carefully suggest an alternative framework with income as a goal for sustainability. The meaning of income in terms of management is also discussed. Within this framework, we conduct a…
Descriptors: Income, Library Administration, Public Libraries, Effect Size
Euster, Joanne R. – 1981
Based on data from a 1979 survey of ARL member libraries, this study by the Office of Management Studies analyzes the responses of selected libraries which had provided internal studies or planning documents on the subject of internal communication and notes the extent of resulting changes in procedures. The studies yielded information on staff…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Guidelines, Higher Education
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Majka, David R. – Library Software Review, 1995
Describes a prototype reference collection management system that uses a relational database management program to automate traditional library processes such as library inventory and shelf-reading. Examines reference collection management criteria and system considerations, and reviews the database's characteristics and its benefits to libraries.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Database Management Systems, Databases, Evaluation
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Khan, Marta – Canadian Library Journal, 1987
Discusses techniques for reducing organizational staff while minimizing such harmful effects as layoffs, staff demoralization, and productivity losses. Case studies on the Petroleum Incentives Administration, the British Columbia Buildings Corporation, and the National Library of Canada present approaches to downsizing that utilized long range…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Foreign Countries, Incentives, Library Administration
Palmour, Vernon E.; And Others – 1980
This guide from the Public Libraries Association (PLA) describes a planning process to be used by individual library systems to establish their own standards appropriate to local conditions and needs; design strategies to reach those needs; and inaugurate a planning cycle that involves continuous monitoring of progress and regular adjustment of…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Change Strategies, Evaluation Criteria, Library Administration
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