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Smallwood, Carol, Ed. – ALA Editions, 2011
There's no shortage of library management books out there--but how many of them actually tackle the little details of day-to-day management, the hard-to-categorize things that slip through the cracks of a larger handbook? "Library Management Tips that Work" does exactly that, addressing dozens of such issues facing library managers, including: (1)…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Time Management, Guides, Personnel Management
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Osburn, Charles B. – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Discusses library collection evaluation and its relationship to the acquisitions budget. Topics addressed include the publishing industry; library services that are more user centered; acquisition of versus access to sources of information and knowledge; the concept of value; library accountability; objectives and setting priorities; and levels of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accountability, Budgets, Evaluation Methods
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Walshak, Lynn G. – Government Information Quarterly, 1998
Addresses perceived problems of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and the Government Printing Office (GPO) relative to a foundering program, electronic capabilities, costs to participating libraries, inefficient service, and accountability requirements. Unfavorable images have resulted and have been used by advocacy groups to bring the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accountability, Costs, Depository Libraries