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Direct linkMeier, John J. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
To determine how academic library leaders make decisions about their organization's future and how they effect changes, the author interviewed 44 university librarians and deans from institutions belonging to the Association of American Universities (AAU). The author analyzed the interviews using content analysis to identify the most frequent…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Trend Analysis, Library Administration, Librarian Attitudes
Heindel, Allan; Napier, H. Albert – 1979
Following a review of the contributions of computers and managerial science/operations research to the management of libraries, this paper introduces the concept of decision support systems. DSS, a blending of these techniques, can lead to more effective decisions by library managers. A case study of the utilization of a DSS in the budgeting…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computers, Decision Making, Library Administration
Peer reviewedMackenzie, A. Graham – Library Trends, 1973
Systems analysis, in this context, is not the process which is the necessary prelude to library automation; it is something more basic. It involves seeking out the fundamentals of a situation and applying scientific methods to their study, to find an optimal solution to the problems facing the manager. (20 references) (Author/TW)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Library Administration, Man Machine Systems
Davenport, Cynthia A. – 1977
A document retrieval study conducted before and again after the building of a more centralized library at Syracuse University is used as an example of the kind of data gathering which can lead to improved decision making and evaluation of library services by library administrators. The study is discussed in detail to facilitate replication and to…
Descriptors: Centralization, College Libraries, Data Collection, Decision Making
Karunaratne, N. D.; And Others – 1976
This is a study on the operating efficiency of the public library system in Australia. Cost functions have been fitted to library data and the results are interpreted with a view to generating insights into the functioning of the existing library system. An exploratory cost benefit analysis has also been attempted. Activities of libraries have…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Efficiency, Library Administration
Peer reviewedKaser, David – Library Trends, 1974
Reviews a variety of techniques for evaluating management in libraries. (JB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Libraries, Library Administration
