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Download full textSantos, Mary Jane – 1992
Professional librarians working in public libraries are generally evaluated in a number of ways, including standardized forms. By collecting and studying these forms, it was proposed that certain management traits and behaviors could be identified and compared. A total of 115 libraries serving municipalities with populations of more than 50,000…
Descriptors: Administrators, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Librarians
Poulson, Jane M. – 1994
Since the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 has gone into effect, many libraries are evaluating and improving their library services for people with disabilities. There are nearly 110,000 children in Missouri who receive some type of special education assistance because of physical, mental or emotional impairments. Through an anonymous…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Children, Disabilities, Library Funding
McCrossan, John A. – 1987
A survey of 104 Florida public library administrators resulted in a 70% response rate to a questionnaire investigating the value of a variety of types of activities associated with professional development. Presented as a poster session, this report indicates that the following professional and continuing education activities were considered the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Interprofessional Relationship, Library Administration, Library Associations
Auster, Ethel; Chan, Donna C. – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Examines some of the factors affecting the participation of librarians in professional development activities. Reference librarians working in large urban public libraries in Ontario were surveyed. Data on participation in formal and informal learning activities, together with information about their perceptions of their libraries' environment…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Librarian Attitudes
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Library Research Center. – 1982
Employee fringe benefits, characteristics of head librarians, and interlibrary loan activity among Illinois public libraries are described in this compilation of three reports. The first and largest report delineates results of a 1980/81 fringe benefit survey conducted by telephone interview. It is noted that the Chicago Public Library was…
Descriptors: Fringe Benefits, Insurance, Interlibrary Loans, Leaves of Absence
Peer reviewedBunge, Charles A. – RQ, 1982
Reports the results of an informal survey of reference librarians in large and medium-sized public and academic libraries who were asked how they kept up-to-date on reference materials and techniques. The roles of professional reading, staff meetings, staff information sharing, and conferences and workshops are discussed. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Higher Education, Librarians
