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St. Clair, Guy – Information Outlook, 1997
Discusses three management concepts that can be used by special librarians or information management specialists to achieve excellence in information delivery: total quality management (TQM), quality information management (QIM), and the ideas in the Special Libraries Association's (SLA) "Competencies for Special Librarians of the 21st…
Descriptors: Competence, Information Management, Library Administration, Library Associations
Peer reviewedWhite, Herbert S. – Special Libraries, 1987
Examines issues of special library management and the emphases in SLA (Special Libraries Association) continuing education courses dealing with these issues. Five courses taught for SLA are described, including one-day courses on management communications, delegation, and effective supervisory skills, as well as seminars dealing with human…
Descriptors: Course Content, Library Administration, Library Associations, Library Education
Peer reviewedLabovitz, Judy; Swanigan, Meryl – Journal of Library Administration, 1985
Various concepts from "In Search of Excellence" are described in context of authors' personal styles. Discussions address thinking in terms of options, using statistics, learning value of corporate politics, a bias toward action, productivity through people, the "lean-machine" concept, staying close to client, entrepreneurship…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Decision Making
Peer reviewedLeong, Alice – Special Libraries, 1979
Distinguishes five main categories of special libraries in Singapore: those of private organizations, foreign governments, government departments, statutory boards, and regional organizations. Statistical data are provided for library holdings, professional staff employment, and subject profiles, and suggestions for improving various aspects of…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Graphs, Library Administration, Library Associations
Brodman, Estelle – 1979
Many problems in developing biomedical library services for the emerging nations of Southeast Asia remain amenable only to legislation; however, IFLA seems particularly well situated to assist in these tasks. Of the numerous political and technical problems to be overcome, first and foremost are the difficulties involved in the simple transmission…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, International Organizations, Legislation, Library Administration
Lynch, Mary Jo – American Libraries, 1983
Four tables present profile of American Library Association (ALA) membership (1982) in following categories: administrative groups; principal work areas; distribution of librarians by type of library (ALA membership, 1980 Committee on Status of Women Study, Department of Education "Library Human Resources" report); members in each type…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Membership, Higher Education
Mark, Linda – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1992
Summarizes the 1992 Special Libraries Association (SLA) Annual Conference. Topics discussed include emphasizing internationalism; competing in a global economy; the competitive importance of information; downsizing because of financial constraints; Internet and NREN (National Research and Education Network); recruitment; ethics; standards; and the…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Competition, Computer Networks, Conferences
Shubert, Joseph F., Ed.; Josey, E. J., Ed. – The Bookmark, 1990
The 15 articles in this theme issue celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the New York Library Association (NYLA), which was founded by Melvil Dewey. These articles provide an overview of the past, present, and future of NYLA and its constituent interest groups, are: (1) "The New York State Library Centennial" (James Corsaro); (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Information Management
Download full textCohen, Nathan M.; Denison, Barbara; Boehlert, Jessie C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
During the last decade, research has become increasingly important to the profession of librarianship. Seven library schools now have doctoral programs, foundation grants have stimulated and supported scores of major projects, and the research method has been recognized as an accepted technique for solving library problems. The increasing volume…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations
