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Smith, Susan; Tedford, Rosalind; Womack, H. David – Library Journal, 2001
Discusses benefits and drawbacks of a team approach to building a library Web site, based on experiences of redesigning the Web site at Wake Forest University's library. Considers the community context at Wake Forest, including laptop computers being issued to students, faculty, and staff; and support needed from library administrators. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Context Effect, Higher Education, Library Administration
Woodsworth, Anne – Library Journal, 1989
Examines trends contributing to a high attrition rate among academic library directors: (1) growth of enrollment; (2) changes in the university presidency; (3) proliferation in university management; (4) changes in the world of learning and research; (5) inflation; and (6) technology. Other pressures and possible solutions are also discussed. (10…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Administration, Higher Education, Library Administration
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
Berry, John N., III – Library Journal, 2002
Describes the new library at the University of Arizona that is part of the Integrated Learning Center, a comprehensive learning environment focusing on undergraduate students. Topics include access to computers; support staff; and a management model to meet the needs of a new library organizational structure that puts the user at the top. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Computers, Higher Education, Library Administration
White, Herbert S. – Library Journal, 1993
Outlines an approach to budgeting in the research library. The following priorities are addressed: an adequate student labor force; adequate support staff; professional staff; education, training, and professional involvement; physical facilities and equipment; and the access--rather than collection development--budget. (EA)
Descriptors: Budgets, Continuing Education, Higher Education, Library Administration
Segal, Joan; Tyson, John – Library Journal, 1985
At a two-day symposium held in DeKalb, Illinois, university administrators and library directors debated key issues of the library's role in higher education: invisible ownership of books, dual governance, on-campus competition for information delivery, collective bargaining and unions, government support, trends in higher education,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
Koenig, Michael E. D.; Safford, Herbert D. – Library Journal, 1984
Addresses problem of vertical stratification (belief that career path must be pursued in one type of library) in academic research librarianship. Highlights include job opportunities; misconceptions concerning inappropriate specialization and nature of academic research library management; consequences of institutional, individual, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Beliefs, Career Ladders, Careers
deHaas, Pat – Library Journal, 1983
Discussion of the scheduling procedures of librarians' hours at the reference desk at the Rutherford Humanities and Social Sciences Library, University of Alberta, highlights services provided, the preference table system, and manual scheduling versus computer scheduling. (EJS)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Karr, Ronald Dale – Library Journal, 1983
Data compiled on directors of 180 United States academic and public libraries in areas of undergraduate majors, library schools attended, degrees held, first professional positions, selected characteristics of males and females, and selected characteristics of younger and older directors reveals that, in 1981, typical head librarian was a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Careers, Degrees (Academic), Employed Women
Becket, Margaret; Smith, Henry Bradford – Library Journal, 1986
Relates experiences of University of Rochester's main library during complete renovation of the central reference department including the addition of a full-service reference station. Topics covered include planning the reference station, solutions to seven design requirements, increase in staffing and reference questions after one year, and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Design Requirements, Facility Improvement, Higher Education
Dougherty, Richard M.; And Others – Library Journal, 1986
Describes underlying rationale of program designed to offer recent library school graduates special training opportunities that focus on current issues, trends, and developments in academic librarianship. Recruitment, educational component of program, roles of supervisors and project director, and comments from three residents (expectations,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Internship Programs, Librarians
Hoffert, Barbara – Library Journal, 1998
Reports on the book-buying trends and predilections of libraries at two-year colleges, four-year colleges, universities, and large research institutions. Four tables and figures show findings for purchasing power of academic libraries; areas academic librarians believe need more titles; most-bought book categories; and sources used to make…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Budgeting, Decision Making