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Leimkuhler, Ferdinand F. – Library Trends, 1973
At a time when libraries are adopting systems analysis as an integral part of their management structure, systems analysts are voicing grave concern about their ability to deliver the kinds of systems libraries need. (11 references) (Author)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Library Administration, Library Planning, Models
Bromberg, Erik – 1971
A basic description of the Planning, Programming and Budgeting System (PPBS) and how it can be utilized by the practicing librarian is presented. PPBS is described as a system of relating planning to budgeting that seeks to get your dollars worth for you by analyzing what you are doing in the light of what you should be doing and plan to do in the…
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Library Planning
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Drabenstott, Jon – Library Hi Tech, 1985
A library automation plan must not only produce an optimum system, but prepare staff, institution, and clientele for far-reaching change. This change can be accommodated by a functional model consisting of three phases: organization and overview; project expansion; project consolidation and preparation of system plan. Twenty-eight references are…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Planning
White, Robert L. – 1977
As our society moves increasingly from an era of affluence to one of scarcity, the evaluation and assessment of publicly supported services will become even more crucial and necessary to ensure that public resources are being expended in the most effective manner. Evaluation of library service effectiveness is defined in this paper in terms of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Libraries
Michael, Mary Ellen; Young, Arthur P. – 1974
This manual was conceived as a reference guide for Illinois' 18 library systems to use in their long-range planning and evaluation program. Section 1 of the manual explains the planning model: Context Input Process Product (CIPP). CIPP was selected as a coherent adaptation and modification of many previous planning and design methods: systems…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Guides
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Carlson, David H. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
This article discusses tools developed to aid the systems analysis process (program evaluation and review technique, Gantt charts, organizational charts, decision tables, flowcharts, hierarchy plus input-process-output). Similarities and differences among techniques, library applications of analysis, structured systems analysis, and the data flow…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making, Diagrams, Flow Charts
Bommer, Michael R. W. – 1972
The development of this management system begins with an exploration of what the library is attempting to achieve. After an investigation of the hierarchy of library objectives, it is concluded that the one objective which satisfies a set of specified criteria is to maximize the expected future exposure of university community members to documents…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgeting, College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness
CONSAD Research Corp., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1968
Described is a six-month work program, financed with Library Service and Construction Act funds, which applies systems analysis to public library organization, services, and facilities. The three public library systems of Baltimore City (Enoch Pratt Free Library), Baltimore County, and Anne Arundel County, Maryland are to be studied. Investigated…
Descriptors: Administration, Costs, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods
Hamburg, Morris; And Others – 1974
A research group at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, worked on the development of a system to provide the required statistical information for effective management and decision making in university and large public libraries. A management science approach was used. Library objectives, standards, and performance criteria were…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Decision Making, Library Administration
Hirshon, Arnold – 1986
Based on telephone interviews with 12 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries, this report presents the underlying reasons for the libraries' decisions relating to the design and implementation of automated library systems. The survey results are summarized, a list of respondents is provided, and profiles of present and planned…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Advisory Committees, Decision Making, Equipment Evaluation