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Applying the Management-by-Objectives Technique in an Industrial Library
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Stanton, Robert O. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1975
An experimental "management-by-objectives" performance system was operated by the Libraries and Information Systems Center of Bell Laboratories during 1973. It was found that, though the system was very effective for work planning and the development of people, difficulties were encountered in applying it to certain classes of employees.…
Descriptors: Corporate Libraries, Library Administration, Management by Objectives, Personnel Evaluation
Performance Evaluation of Library Personnel.
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Hilton, Robert C. – Special Libraries, 1978
Notes that library literature has begun to treat the subject of merit systems with the help of management theory and claims that, with the assistance of both fields, it should be possible to develop a progressive evaluation system for library personnel. (Author/JD)
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Administration, Library Personnel, Literature Reviews
Are We There Yet? Evaluating Library Collections, Reference Services, Programs, and Personnel.
Robbins-Carter, Jane; Zweizig, Douglas L. – American Libraries, 1986
This fifth and final lesson on library evaluation focuses on the evaluation of library personnel. Highlights include standards for comparison of employee's characteristics (ideal traits, productivity of other employees, job-related behavior), and Management By Objectives (involves mutual goal setting between manager and subordinate). Five required…
Descriptors: Courses, Library Administration, Library Personnel, Library Planning
Beyond Evaluation: Performance Appraisal as a Planning and Motivational Tool in Libraries.
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Kroll, H. Rebecca – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1983
Types of performance evaluation for academic librarians are discussed, noting strengths and weaknesses--formats, relative ranking system, dimensionalized ranking system, management by objectives, and degree of participation. Use of appraisal program to aid library administration in monitoring ongoing activity, planning ahead, and motivating…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Librarians
Performance Appraisal for Librarians: A Guided Self-Study Approach.
Stevenson, Sally – 1980
Intended for use by library managers, this self-study guide provides an introduction to performance appraisal as an effective tool in human resource management, and a review of the extensive management literature on performance appraisal. Topics discussed include: (1) the functions of performance appraisal, which include the provision of…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Annotated Bibliographies, Check Lists, Competence
Staff Performance Evaluation Program at the McGill University Libraries: A Program Description of a Goals-Based Performance Evaluation Process with Accompanying Supervisor's Manual.
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1976
The staff performance evaluation program of McGill University Libraries is based on a hierarchy of objectives in which individual and unit goals are compatible with department, area library, and overall library system goals. Individual goals and performance standards are formulated jointly by the staff member and his or her supervisor according to…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Guidelines, Library Administration, Library Personnel
Room for Improvement: Performance Evaluations.
Webb, Gisela – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1989
Describes a performance management approach to library personnel management that stresses communication, clarification of goals, and reinforcement of new practices and behaviors. Each phase of the evaluation process (preparation, rating, administrative review, appraisal interview, and follow-up) and special evaluations to be used in cases of…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Job Performance
Library Reference Services.
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Miller, Constance; And Others – RQ, 1985
Seven articles on library reference services highlight reference obsolescence in academic libraries, major studies of unobtrusive reference tests, methods for evaluating reference desk performance, reference interview evaluation, problems of reference desk control, online searching by end users, and reference collection development in…
Descriptors: Interviews, Librarians, Library Administration, Library Collection Development