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Mission-Oriented Management: Librarian-Trained Directors in Nonlibrary Settings.
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Lenzini, Rebecca T.; Juergens, Bonnie – Library Trends, 1994
Explores the differences between the characteristics, goals, and required skills of librarian-trained managers employed in nonlibrary but library-related settings and those of directors of libraries. Methodologies used in the exploration included interviews with managers in nonlibrary settings, analysis of position descriptions from…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Comparative Analysis
Technology and the Rural Library.
Mumma, Polly S. – Rural Libraries, 1991
Describes results of a survey of rural public libraries that was conducted to determine what technology is currently available and in use. Highlights include library personnel education; cataloging and other areas of technical services; reference services; online databases; and suggestions for further studies. A copy of the questionnaire…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Library Automation, Library Education, Library Personnel
Library Education and Resistance to Technology. Supplementary Progress Report [and] Background Papers.
Fine, Sara – 1980
The second phase of a 1977 University of Pittsburgh research study that focused on the resistance to technology in libraries, this parallel study of library school students and faculty continues the investigation to determine: (1) the extent to which technological transformation of library systems will tend to encounter resistance as…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Higher Education, Interviews, Library Automation
Library Education and Resistance to Technology. Final Report.
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Fine, Sara – 1981
The second phase of a 1977 University of Pittsburgh research study that focused on the resistance to technology in libraries, this parallel study of library school students and faculty continued the investigation to determine: (1) the extent to which technological transformation of library systems will tend to encounter resistance as…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Correlation, Higher Education, Interviews
New York: The Electronic Doorway Library Initiative.
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Smith, Frederick E. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Outlines New York State's plan for all libraries to provide electronic services to their users by the use of computer and telecommunications technology. Recommendations of the initiative's organizing committee focus on: services and funding; equity and ease of access; profession and education; partnerships; standards and protocols; collection…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Library Automation, Library Collection Development
So You're Going to Get an Intern!
Boardman, Edna M. – Book Report, 1990
Presents a checklist of skills for school librarians to use with library science student interns. Areas of skills addressed include selection of materials, cataloging, vertical files, preparation of materials for shelving, circulation, audiovisual and computer equipment and procedures, administration, physical arrangement, relations with staff and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cataloging, Check Lists, Higher Education
Information Needs 2000: Results of a Survey of Library Media Specialists.
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Ceperley, Patricia E. – 1991
School library media specialists in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia were surveyed in April 1990 to determine their perceptions of their training needs as they are being called upon to use the latest information technologies to access, transfer, and store information. The 2,202 responses received represented a response rate of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis, Information Technology