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Kristyn Caragher – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2025
This article examines racism and accountability practices within academic libraries from the perspective of academic library administrators, with attention to differences between BIPOC and White academic library administrators. The quantitative data collected via an online survey show White academic library administrators are more likely to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Accountability
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Crothers, Stephen; Prabhu, Margaret; Sullivan, Shirley – Acquisitions Librarian, 2007
The authors recount experiences of the variety of problems and issues involved in providing access to electronic journals in a large academic library. The paper excludes concerns emanating from decisions to subscribe to aggregations such as those produced by vendors like EBSCO, but concentrates on scholarly journals ordered individually, or as…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Journals, Library Administration, Library Materials
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Dias, Eduardo J. W. – International Library Review, 1989
Describes a survey of 192 special library and information center managers in Brazil that examined managerial activities and factors accounting for variation in managerial jobs. The results are discussed in terms of personal and organizational characteristics, perceived importance of managerial roles, and perceived preparedness to perform…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Foreign Countries, Information Centers
Mercer, Prue – 2000
This paper explores the issues and opportunities for information providers in a digital environment where the skills of management of change and leadership are necessary to create vital and healthy organizations. The first section discusses challenges of the digital environment and skills for the information profession, including the impact of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Role, Foreign Countries, Information Services