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Knoblauch, Mark; LaRue, James – Illinois Libraries, 1987
Two articles explore the process of budgeting for library technical services and the impact of automation on this process in terms of equipment expenditures. The second article describes the retrenchment and fund raising activities of a public library in financial difficulty and their effects on future plans for the library. (CLB)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Financial Problems, Library Administration, Library Automation

McCarthy, Paul H. – Journal of Library Administration, 1986
Discusses how archives and library administrators' perceptions of each other's operations and administration may lead to conflicts, and how better understanding of the distinctiveness of an archive as opposed to a library may improve relations. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Cost Effectiveness, Library Acquisition

Bichteler, Julie – Electronic Library, 1987
Examines some of the fears, frustrations, and misconceptions of library staff and patrons that hamper the effective use of computers in libraries. Strategies that library administrators could use to alleviate stress are outlined, including staff participation in the automation process, well-designed workstations, and adequate training for staff…
Descriptors: Human Factors Engineering, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Personnel
Rogus, Joseph F. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1986
Suggests ways of addressing challenges faced by district library media supervisors by focusing energies on those departmental outcomes likely to make greatest difference in lives of staff and students. Taking care of self, setting and honoring priorities, working from staff development perspective, and effective skill teaching are highlighted. (8…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Administration

Setterington, Kenneth – Library and Information Science Research, 1983
Presents results of investigation into nature of 98 library administration doctoral dissertations produced in library science from 1928 to 1980, including number of dissertations per library school, research methodologies used, and characteristics of doctoral student advisors. Relevant literature, data gathering, and hypothesis testing are…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations, Faculty Advisers, Graduate School Faculty

Cline, Nancy – Library Hi Tech, 1983
Through a single computerized system, the Libraries Information Access System provides interactive, integrated access to a range of information functions in support of services meeting both academic needs (bibliographic access for research, instructional support) and administrative needs (processing, inventory control, communications, record…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Databases, Higher Education
Yu, Holly, Ed. – Information Science Publishing, 2005
Using database-driven web pages or web content management (WCM) systems to manage increasingly diverse web content and to streamline workflows is a commonly practiced solution recognized in libraries today. However, limited library web content management models and funding constraints prevent many libraries from purchasing commercially available…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Research Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries
Roeber, Jane A. – 1998
This handbook was designed to help Wisconsin Public Library trustees organize their thoughts, deliberations, and actions. The book is divided into three main sections: (1) Effective Public Library Trustees and Boards; (2) Planning for Effective Action by the Public Library Board; and (3) Appendixes. The purpose of the first section is to place in…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Governing Boards, Information Policy, Information Services
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Library Services. – 1998
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's Division for Libraries and Community Learning frequently receives requests for information on the legality and desirability of combining school and public libraries. The purpose of this publication is to help communities and school districts determine whether a combined school and public library…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Planning
Budd, John M. – 1998
Examining the academic library within a contextual framework (of colleges, universities, and U.S. society), this book provides an analysis of the institution's content and function. The work emphasizes the structure, organization, decision making, and operations of academic libraries. The history, organization, and cultures of the academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Administration
Valenza, Joyce Kasman – 1998
This package of materials presents ready-to-use forms that will help school library information specialists manage, promote, and assess their programs; increase the effectiveness of their program while reducing their workload; and help students develop information skills. The document consists of 117 reproducible loose-leaf forms, CD-ROM (for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Skills, Instructional Materials, Internet
Brown, Gerald R., Comp. – 1997
This research report addresses the scope of school library and information services programs as demonstrated in secondary schools in St. Lucia, West Indies. Most schools were found seriously lacking in all three areas: Independent Learning Skills; Literacy/Literary and Cultural Appreciation; and Organization and Administration. Library staff…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Skills
Clyde, Laurel A. – 1999
The aim of this book is to provide an overview of the management and use of information technology (infotech) in school library media centers, with emphasis on the possible applications of infotech in the school library program (including its use in school library management, in information services, and in curriculum-related applications) and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Management
Peck, Robert S. – 2000
Intended to be a practical guide to the issues that arise under the First Amendment for libraries that provide public access to the Internet, this book contains the following chapters: (1) "Questions and Answers about the First Amendment: Sex, Lies, and Cyberspace"; (2) "Basic First Amendment Principles and Their Application to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Confidentiality, Elementary Secondary Education, Freedom of Speech
Carson, C. Herbert; Nelson, Corinne O. – Library Journal, 1996
Presents results of the 45th annual "Library Journal" placement and salaries survey. Highlights include professional, temporary, and part-time job outlooks; library school stability; status of traditional jobs; placement trends, including minority placements; comparison of salaries; and a sidebar that profiles a librarian in her first professional…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Job Placement, Labor Market, Librarians