Relates experiences of Center of Business Research (CBR) in C. W. Post Center, Long Island University, as practical demonstration of performing business service in an academic library setting. Changing role of librarians, background of CBR, CBR's commitment, CBR corporate membership, administration of fee-based services, and membership revenue are…

The job descriptions presented in this document are examples for library directors to use as guidelines in drafting statements to fit their own particular operations. The descriptions cover most of the major work activities performed in libraries, whether they be in public, college, university, or special libraries. The jobs described include…

Included in these Proceedings are papers and discussion transcriptions of the 1975 Personnel Evaluation Institute. The collected papers deal with the theme of personnel performance evaluation in public, academic, and special libraries. Topics include management fundamentals, developing and using personnel evaluation systems, the library director…

Describes the problems IBM Corporation in Boca Raton, Florida, has had staffing and managing a corporate library and its cooperative agreement with Florida Atlantic University (FAU) to provide professional librarian services. Issues to consider in developing an academic/special libraries agreement are discussed. (EA)

Library Technical Assistants (LTA's) were the subject of a study designed to focus on four areas: (1) the present status of formal LTA training programs, (2) the present and potential job market, (3) the duties which LTA's perform, and (4) the attitude of the professional librarian toward the LTA. Data were collected from two sources--catalogs of…

The organization of each unit, section, department, division, and group of the Columbia University Library is described by listing principal administrator, parent unit, role, objectives, functions, key working relationships, reports produced, and performance and evaluative criteria. The hierarchical structure of the library is indicated in the…

Since the organization of the United States Bureau of Education in 1867 statistics of public libraries have appeared periodically in the annual reports. It has been the purpose to gather such statistics every five years, but it has not been possible to carry out the plan with perfect regularity. For forty years every annual report of the bureau…