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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
De Gennaro, Richard – Library Journal, 1983
Differences exist between theory and practice in management, between textbook professional managers and practical general managers, and between specialist technicians and generalists. Library and business school management courses cover theory and techniques used by management specialists, not practical management which is more human, subtle, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Business Administration Education, Higher Education
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

Stevens, Norman D. – Catholic Library World, 1985
Examines changes that technology has made in librarianship and offers personal observations concerning changes in the future. Discussion covers allocation of responsibilities among library personnel; mobilization to work; behavior and skills critical for efficiency and productivity; changes in work based on flow of, and access to, information; and…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Innovation, Library Administration, Library Science

Gapen, D. Kaye – College and Research Libraries, 1984
This paper examines the current rate of change in university libraries and makes projections of future rates of change. Highlights include technological innovations, change models (particularly the Stages of Growth organizational change model), organization and administration of university libraries, and implications of change for librarianship.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Library Administration

Li, Tze-chung – 1985
American library schools are confronted by the problems of declining enrollment, changing modern technologies, and a shrinking market for their graduates. The extension of courses to include information science is a welcome direction, although it seems to reflect a lack of confidence in the traditional library science education. For librarianship…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Information Processing, Information Science

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
Muller, Uta – 2002
Librarianship has undergone a radical change in recent years, which will be continued in the future. Whereas previously the administration of media was most important, nowadays an ever increasing willingness to provide a service is required. In addition to the essential restructuring of libraries, a generational change is taking place within the…
Descriptors: Age, Employees, Futures (of Society), Human Resources
Stewart, Susan – 1988
This discussion of the nature and role of communication skills in implementing job responsibilities of librarians and information specialists argues that the most important foundation of effective library leadership is communication. The paper begins by reviewing the literature on leadership and developing a set of leadership characteristics. It…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Feedback
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1982
Papers on theory and research in library history presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "The Future of the Library's Past: Library Administrative Records Preservation, Policy and Practice," a discussion by Paul Sturges (United Kingdom) of the need for library records…
Descriptors: Archives, Books, Foreign Countries, History
Martin, Susan K. – Library Journal, 1986
Examines focal points for chronic tension between library educators and practitioners: changing programs and students, experience versus education in new personnel, criticism of practitioners, and accreditation. Comparison of library and information education with education for other professions and questions for commission on excellence in…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrators, College Curriculum, Graduate Study
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
Moran, Robert F., Jr. – 1988
This paper discusses the central role of effective communication in library leadership and how a leadership role in the library and information community can define and help establish an information infrastructure in our society. The opportunity for this leadership to exist in the convergence of libraries and computer centers is examined in a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Communication Skills, Electronic Publishing
Koch, Hans-Albrecht – 1980
A report of the current state of librarianship in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) presents a brief history as well as an overview of the prerequisites of and organizations concerned with library research, and the objectives, methods, and results of intermediary but important research projects. Although the practice of library research is new…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Needs, Foreign Countries, Library Administration
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