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Peer reviewedGiesecke, Joan – Journal of Library Administration, 1994
Discusses a framework for identifying organizational processes or models within the context of the organization's decision-making processes. Five organizational models appropriate to academic libraries are presented: rational, political bargaining, garbage can, bureaucratic, and participatory. Guidelines for managers include how to distinguish…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decision Making, Library Administration, Management Systems
Peer reviewedWetherbee, Louella V. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Reviews the literature on library network governance with particular attention to the role of lay trustees, and describes the composition of 12 multistate library network boards. A model for the selection of lay trustees that is based on needed outside expertise is presented. (23 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Governance, Governing Boards
Peer reviewedGee, E. Gordon; And Others – Journal of Library Administration, 1990
This theme issue presents 14 articles that address the strategic planning process in academic libraries. Integrating library and university planning is discussed, and descriptions of planning at various colleges and universities include discussions of communication, decision making, and the incentives that started the strategic planning process.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Administration, College Planning, Communication (Thought Transfer)
