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Reinventing Alexandria: Managing Change in the Electronic Library.
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Young, Arthur P.; Peters, Thomas A. – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
Discusses the emergence of electronic text and examines the interrelationships between the evolving electronic environment and the library's collection, organizational structure, personnel, budget, and external relationships. A figure showing the convergence of complex science, management, and the electronic word is appended. (AEF)
Descriptors: Budgets, Change Agents, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Text
The Library/Dealer Relationship: Reflections on the Ideal.
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Richards, Daniel T. – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Considers trends and influences that affect the relationship between libraries and vendors. Topics discussed include information in electronic formats; selection criteria; economic factors and library budgets; resource sharing and cooperative collection development; sociological changes; preservation activities; and the evaluation of dealers. (six…
Descriptors: Budgets, Criteria, Economic Factors, Electronic Libraries
Budget Stringency as a Stimulus to Innovation: The Cases of Louisiana and Ohio.
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Fatzer, Jill B. – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
Explores the cases of two states, Louisiana and Ohio, which found budget problems to be the occasion for concerted statewide efforts to improve academic library services. Both states ultimately established statewide multipurpose resource-sharing academic library consortia, supported by electronic library networks, as the solutions to their very…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Case Studies, Change Agents