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Evans, G. R. – Higher Education Review, 2013
This article explores recent developments in national policy for academic libraries. It considers the shift from traditional to managerial academic librarianship; the move to "social space" and multi-use systems; changes in the balance between meeting teaching and research needs and in public funding priorities; the difficulty of making…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Science, Public Policy, Change
Collier, Mel – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2006
Purpose: This paper sets out to review how the business of libraries in higher education has changed with the impact of the digital library during the latest decade of Program, in which the content of the journal swung decisively from being primarily about library management systems to primarily being about digital library issues.…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries, Change, Periodicals
Evans, Margaret Kinnell – 2000
This paper describes a two-year study by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre that examined the potential of self-assessment for public library services. The approaches that formed the basis for the investigation were the Business Excellence Model, the Quality Framework, and the Democratic Approach. Core values were identified by…
Descriptors: Change, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries

Raymond, Boris; Adams, Kimberblee – Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 1993
Discusses changes taking place in the library systems of Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Topics reviewed include the influence of Soviet Russian library theory and practices; decentralization of library administration; library finances; library education; library employment; library technology; and censorship and collection policies.…
Descriptors: Censorship, Change, Employment Opportunities, Foreign Countries
Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington, DC. – 1998
This annual report of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) contains a list of funders and sponsors, and includes a message from the president. The major CLIR programs are described: (1) Preservation and Access, including international projects in South Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Europe; (2) Digital Libraries, including…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Annual Reports, Archives, Change

Lo, Henrietta – College and Research Libraries, 1987
Attempts to define the unique characteristics of the political, social, and economic obstacles to the modernization of academic libraries in China. The historical development of librarianship in China is described, and a scenario is used to illustrate the organization of academic libraries and the resulting problems. (18 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Adoption (Ideas), Change
Parker, Sandra – 1995
Employee absenteeism is a problem faced by all library and information service managers as it erodes both salary budgets and productivity. It can have an undermining effect on staff morale, and may be an indicator of low staff motivation levels. There are two types of absence, unavoidable and avoidable, which can be measured using lost time and…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Oriented Programs, Employee Absenteeism, Foreign Countries