Advances in library administration and organization : Vol. 28 / edited by Delmus E. Williams, James M. Nyce, Janine Golden

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Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Advances in library administration and organization 0732-0671 | Advances in library administration and organizationPublisher: Bingley, U.K : Emerald, 2009Description: Online-RessourceISBN:

9781849505802

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Additional physical formats: 9781849505796 | Erscheint auch als: 9781849505796 Druck-AusgabeLOC classification:

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DOI: DOI: 10.1108/S0732-0671(2009)28Online resources:

Additional physical formats: Online-Ausg.Summary: The Advances in Library Administration and Organization Series seeks to develop a body of research literature that contributes to the base of organizational theory upon which library administrators rely. Its mix of contributions to the literature of library administration and organization is intended to be both diverse and eclectic. The volume 28 provides a collection of thought-provoking articles on issues relating to problems library managers face and strategies in addressing those challenges. The topics covered in this volume include: managing change in research libraries; the agility of library consortia and its member libraries; the evaluation of reference services; developing a recruitment strategy for a diverse workforce; the evaluation of training and professional development programs; and, collective bargaining within faculty unions on college campuses. Advances is widely read by practitioners, library and information science graduate students, and those working in associated fields of information management, and remains the premier series in its area of coverage. This latest volume adds another significant contribution to the literature of library and information centre managementSummary: Librarians and the complexity of individual and organizational change : case study findings of an emergent research library / Donald L. Gilstrap -- Why librarianship? : an exploration of the motivations of ethnic minorities to choose library and information science as a career / Lisa K. Hussey -- An unrelenting need for training / Barbara J. Stites -- Library faculty and collective bargaining : an exploration / Stephen H. Aby -- Work in motion/assessment at rest : an attitudinal study of academic reference librarians a case study at mid-size university (MSU A) / Bella Karr Gerlich -- An exploratory case study of leadership for organizational agility in a consortium of small private college libraries / Jean K. Mulhern -- Consortia activity in academic libraries : anti-competitive or in the public good? / Catherine Maskell -- Introduction / Delmus E. Williams. - The Advances in Library Administration and Organization Series seeks to develop a body of research literature that contributes to the base of organizational theory upon which library administrators rely. Its mix of contributions to the literature of library administration and organization is intended to be both diverse and eclectic. The volume 28 provides a collection of thought-provoking articles on issues relating to problems library managers face and strategies in addressing those challenges. The topics covered in this volume include: managing change in research libraries; the agility of library consortia and its member libraries; the evaluation of reference services; developing a recruitment strategy for a diverse workforce; the evaluation of training and professional development programs; and, collective bargaining within faculty unions on college campuses. Advances is widely read by practitioners, library and information science graduate students, and those working in associated fields of information management, and remains the premier series in its area of coverage. This latest volume adds another significant contribution to the literature of library and information centre managementPPN: PPN: 661527271Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EPB | ZDB-55-BME | ZDB-1-BMEN

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