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Shaffer, Kenneth R. – Library Journal, 1971
Excerpts from a new book by Kenneth R. Shaffer entitled Decision Making; A Seminar in Public Library Management." (Author)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Problems, Case Studies, Decision Making
Brown, Robert E. – Occasional Papers, 1975
The Joetta Community Library (JCL), a simulation of a public library in a small midwest town, is a practice library for students in a general library administration class at the master's degree level. Students using the JCL simulation assume the position of director, from initial hiring procedure to assumption of the position and involvement in…
Descriptors: Administration, Library Administration, Library Education, Library Science
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
Francis, Simon – 1970
Some of the professional impressions gained from a month in the United States by a British librarian are summarized in this report. Six library school libraries and the Library of the American Library Association were visited. The greater emphasis on bibliographic and reference material allows students in the United States more frequent access to…
Descriptors: Administration, Foreign Nationals, Librarians, Library Administration
Download full textPollard, Frances M., Ed. – 1976
Included in these Proceedings are papers and discussion transcriptions of the 1975 Personnel Evaluation Institute. The collected papers deal with the theme of personnel performance evaluation in public, academic, and special libraries. Topics include management fundamentals, developing and using personnel evaluation systems, the library director…
Descriptors: Administration, College Libraries, Conference Reports, Conferences
Public Affairs Counseling, San Francisco, CA. – 1974
To develop organizational recommendations, propose new management procedures, and assist in budget preparation, a management improvement analysis was undertaken at the Seattle Public Library. Discussions were held with library board and supervising staff on all aspects of organization, operations, and services; a trial budget procedure was…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgeting, Delivery Systems, Library Administration
Bone, Larry Earl – 1975
With funding from the Council of Library Resources, visits were made in the summer of 1974 to the public libraries of ten large cities in order to examine their procedures for setting goals and objectives. Since the goal-setting process implies the selection of priorities and the application of leadership by the library administration, the…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Change, Community Involvement, Leadership Styles
Weir, Sandra, Ed. – Illinois Libraries, 1975
The January, 1975 issue of Illinois Libraries is devoted to the theory of administration of children's libraries and its application to library practice. Articles in this issue cover research and experimentation, future trends, fund raising, book selection, and library programing. Suggestions for a basic reference collection for children conclude…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Adolescents, Books
