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Peer reviewedGuttsman, W. L. – Journal of Librarianship, 1974
A functional analysis of the managerial, the innovatory and the policy-making processes in university libraries and an examination of how the views and interests of various groups affected by them might be best brought into play. (Author)
Descriptors: Administration, College Administration, College Libraries, Governance
The Interrelations of Structure, Governance and Effective Resource Utilization in Academic Libraries
Peer reviewedAxford, H. William – Library Trends, 1975
Descriptors: Administration, College Libraries, Governance, Library Administration
Weingand, Darlene E. – 2001
Since the publication of its first edition in 1965, this book has been a standard resource for setting up and managing cutting-edge small public library facilities. Completely revised and updated, this fourth edition continues that tradition with many more figures (28 in this edition), case studies and sample policies, and new content on grant…
Descriptors: Administration, Library Administration, Library Funding, Library Networks
Download full textBaaske, Jan; And Others – 1973
A management review and analysis was conducted by the staff of the libraries and audio-visual center of Purdue University. Not only were the study team and the eight task forces drawn from all levels of the libraries and audio-visual center staff, but a systematic effort was sustained through inquiries, draft reports and open meetings to involve…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Audiovisual Centers, College Libraries
Peer reviewedBailey, Martha J.; And Others – Special Libraries, 1975
Reviews the Purdue University Libraries' experience with the Management Review and Analysis Program technique, a self-study approach developed for libraries. (PF)
Descriptors: Administration, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Librarians
Price, Laura; Smith, Abby – 2000
Without understanding the value of collections as assets to the home institution, it is difficult for libraries to determine how best to make those assets most productive. This report describes how the Library of Congress developed and implemented a plan for greater accountability over its collections. The report presents a model for the…
Descriptors: Archives, Business Administration, Library Administration, Library Collections
Hubbard, Willis M. – 1979
This paper discusses the importance of an analytic planning model to academic libraries in the context of campus-wide planning and briefly describes two projects funded through the Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges (CASC) to develop appropriate management products. The first project focused on the development and testing of analytic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Administration, College Planning, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMurphy, Marcy; Johns, Claude J., Jr. – Special Libraries, 1974
To meet future demands for more services with relatively fewer resources, an inhouse management survey was conducted. This paper focuses chiefly on the administration and the technical services division. (JB)
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Library Administration
Wallace, Danny P., Ed.; Van Fleet, Connie, Ed. – 2001
This book, written by a number of library professionals, familiarizes the reader with the motives for and purposes of evaluation and the major contexts and models for evaluation and provides explicit examples how evaluation projects have been and can be carried out in a variety of library contexts. The strategies in this book grew from the S:OLE…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Woodsworth, Anne – 1981
As a part of the York University's academic planning process, the library staff prepared a list of possible alternatives for 26 library functions to be used as a basis for the development of a three to five year planning guide. Compiled over a period of two months, these represent a range from pie-in-the-sky to bare-boned or eliminated operations.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Administration
Booz Allen and Hamilton, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1973
This case study of the libraries at Columbia University analyzes the libraries against the backdrop of contemporary trends in higher education. New management styles and approaches to the utilization of professional personnel are recommended. The report presents detailed suggestions for implementing the change recommendations. (KB)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Case Studies, College Libraries
Kingsbury, M. E. – Library Journal, 1972
The think big; paint an elephant" philosophy of planning is appealing in theory but appalling in practice. Too often, making no small plans results in making no plans at all. (11 references) (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Innovation, Librarians, Library Administration, Library Planning
Bundy, Alan L. – 1981
Because 30 Australian colleges of advanced education, principally teacher training institutions, were scheduled to be amalgamated in 1982, a study was undertaken to determine the problems likely to face librarians at these institutions and to produce guidelines on amalgamation and running multi-site operations for both college administrators and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Administration, Consolidated Schools, Foreign Countries
Woodsworth, Anne – 1981
Following a brief history of York University libraries, this document outlines current objectives of library operations, the problems faced in establishing future priorities, and the objectives for implementation or investigation for the next three to five years. The current mission and operating objectives in the functional areas of collecting,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Administration
Robinson, David E. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1996
Discusses a five-point approach for library media specialists about school-based management. The approach includes establishing priorities for the school library media program, developing strong community support and a public relations program, creating a support staff within the school, refining human relations, and using creative scheduling and…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Human Relations, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Library Administration
