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Direct linkMoen, Mary H.; Mandel, Lauren H.; Karno, Valerie – Education for Information, 2020
As the nature of public library services expands and transforms, continuing education (CE) for both degreed and non-degreed library staff is critical. An ongoing challenge for the LIS community is to identify the key areas in which to increase professional knowledge and skills. The purpose of this study was to identify what working library staff…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Staff Development, Minimum Competencies, Delivery Systems
Ravenwood, Clare; Stephens, Derek; Walton, Graham – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2015
Many factors and pressures affect decisions made in UK university libraries on opening hours especially 24/7. This article reports on a project to examine the decision-making process, influential factors, and stakeholders. A workshop for senior library managers in the East Midlands was held to gather data and share experiences. From analysis of…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Working Hours, Scheduling, Library Policy
Lange, Jessica; Lannon, Amber; McKinnon, Dawn – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014
This article explores the closing of the Howard Ross Library of Management at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. We hypothesized that closing a branch library would result in a decline in the use of library services. We measured library service using circulation statistics, library instruction workshop statistics, and data from the online survey…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Research, Library Role, Library Networks
Peer reviewedWilkinson, John; Murray, Carolyn – Canadian Library Journal, 1988
A population of more than 200 participants in nine Canadian continuing education workshops is used to test assumptions as to who benefits from continuing education in librarianship and what factors determine workshop registration. Topics for future research are suggested. (1 reference) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Library Administration, Library Science
McCrossan, John A. – 1987
A survey of 104 Florida public library administrators resulted in a 70% response rate to a questionnaire investigating the value of a variety of types of activities associated with professional development. Presented as a poster session, this report indicates that the following professional and continuing education activities were considered the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Interprofessional Relationship, Library Administration, Library Associations
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
A description of the structure and approach of a workshop held to identify and explore important issues relating to the future of Japanese collections in academic and research libraries is provided, as well as eight papers presented at the workshop together with written reactions to the papers by other workshop participants. Topics covered…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKirkland, Janice, Ed. – Library Trends, 1989
Eleven articles discuss the response of library users and personnel to automation. Topics covered include computerized reference services, online public access catalogs, paraprofessional staff perceptions of technology, organizational and managerial impacts of automation, workshops on new technology, gender differences in motivation to manage and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Librarian Attitudes
