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DeJoice, Mary Jo; Sennyey, Pongracz – Illinois Libraries, 2000
Considers how the implementation of self-checkout systems may affect library management in general and circulation departments in particular, focusing on the impact on circulation departments' workflow and the financial implications involved in implementing it. Suggests an opportunity for libraries to undergo a paradigm shift concerning the…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Circulation, Library Funding

Zhang, Wenxian – Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences, 1998
Describes the results of a survey of public libraries in Connecticut that was conducted to identify the factors that influence library administrators' decision-making process regarding library automation. Discusses vendor selection, funding, and costs, and copies of the survey questionnaires are appended. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Costs, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Funding
Oder, Norman – Library Journal, 1998
Describes recent changes in the District of Columbia Public Library. Highlights include the search and appointment of a new director; financial problems; past managerial problems; needed technology updates; the impact of municipal government problems; and a sidebar with a biography of the new director, Molly Raphael. (LRW)
Descriptors: City Government, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Development
Boe, Ralph J. – 1996
In 1990, the Louisiana Board of Regents commissioned a task force on libraries to develop a plan for greater cooperation and resource sharing among the state's academic libraries. The mission was hampered by the sparsity of automated facilities and the failure to secure state funding for public library automation, but by 1992 the task force had…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Higher Education, Library Administration

Engle, Michael O. – Library Trends, 1995
Discussion of the development of undergraduate libraries focuses on Harvard's Lamont Library. Topics include financial issues, including sources of revenue, computerization, and personnel costs; technological changes, including hypermedia and the virtual library; and organizational changes, highlighting the merger of libraries at Cornell…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Higher Education, Hypermedia
Naber, G. – 1991
This book is designed to provide the information needed to start a new agricultural library. The guide covers a wide range of topics including information sources, acquisitions procedures, and public relations. It provides addresses of publishers and information sources; a list of common abbreviations; a ground plan for a library; and information…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Foreign Countries, Library Administration, Library Automation
Callison, Daniel; Morris, Jacqueline – 1989
Thirty-two case studies illustrating problem areas and situations that develop in the modern environment of the electronic school library media program are presented for use by library science students and library/media center managers. Based on input from practicing librarians at the elementary and secondary levels, the studies are designed to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Technology
Idaho State Library, Boise. – 1994
The purpose of this guide is to help new librarians in Idaho get started at their jobs. It provides a basic overview of library administration, policy, procedure, activities, and services. The following topics are covered: library law; working with the board of trustees; formulating and writing policies and procedures; budgeting and finance;…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Librarians, Library Acquisition, Library Administration
Quality Education Data, Inc., Denver, CO. – 1996
District library media directors face dual demands including competition for limited educational dollars and the need to meet increasingly sophisticated student research requests. To solve these dilemmas, many districts are automating their schools' library media centers. Quality Education Data (QED) is an education research firm providing…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Minnesota Higher Education Services Office, St. Paul. – 1996
Minnesota's libraries provide public access to information technologies and teach the skills necessary to use them. The challenge is to leverage these organizations, largely funded and nurtured at the local level, so that they will be an effective and efficient part of a statewide information infrastructure. In this report, the Minnesota Library…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Technology
McClure, Charles R. – 1996
This paper explores the challenges and opportunities facing libraries as they evolve into the electronic networked environment, and looks at options for libraries in the year 2000 and beyond. The internationally networked environment has fundamentally changed the way in which people acquire and use information resources and services. The paper…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Distance Education
Bourdon, Cathleen – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2001
This selective bibliography of books for librarians includes titles regarding academic libraries; administration and personnel; bibliographic instruction; cataloging and classification; children's and young adult services; collection development; copyright; customer service; distance education; electronic libraries; fund raising; government…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adolescents, Bibliographies, Cataloging