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Download full textLowry, Charles; And Others – 1975
A proposed reorganization plan for the J. Murrey Atkins Library of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte would organize the library in the collegial mold with two departments, Public Services and Technical Services. Within each department, librarians would form a faculty with emphasis on participatory management. Decisions involving the…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Administrative Organization, College Libraries, 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
Wisconsin Univ. - Parkside, Kenosha. Univ. Libraries. – 1978
This final report of a management self-study based on the Academic Library Development Program, which was conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Library/Learning Center, presents study team and task force reports and cites specific issues and recommendations. Data for the study were collected through interviews and questionnaires.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Institutional Research, Library Administration
Masters, Denise G. – 1996
Total Quality Management (TQM) is "a system of continuous improvement employing participative management and centered on the needs of customers." Key components of TQM are employee involvement and training, problem-solving teams, statistical methods, long-term goals and thinking, and recognition that the system, not people, produces…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Improvement, Library Administration, Library Personnel
Balas, Janet L. – Computers in Libraries, 1999
Discusses the importance of library systems administrators addressing the Year 2000 problem in their libraries. Reviews Web-based resources that deal with understanding the problem, offer vendor statements about their products, and discuss how some libraries are preparing for the Year 2000 problem. (AEF)
Descriptors: Administrators, Facility Planning, Information Sources, Librarians
Peer reviewedLee, Susan – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1993
Chronicles the process of change begun at the Harvard College Library in 1990. Key factors are analyzed, including support from the University Library, Association of Research Libraries, and Council on Library Resources; strong leadership; organizational development; composition of task forces; time frame; concurrent changes; and development of a…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Libraries, Higher Education, Leadership
Fretwell, Gordon; And Others – 1976
In response to the institutional change, a Management Review and Analysis Program (MRAP) was conducted at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Library during 1974-1975. The first two chapters of the report describe the library, its institutional setting, missions, and goals. The other nine chapters discuss issues, problems, and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Planning
