This exciting volume explores the role of technical services functions and organizational structure as forces in the library change process. It provides practical information to help administrators make decisions about how their libraries are organized and managed. As libraries change in many ways--organizational structure, design of jobs, managerial philosophy, responsibilities of professionals, and the impact of automation--librarians in technical services, administrators, and personnel officers--need guidance in meeting the new challenges in order to continue providing thorough efficient services. Professionals from a variety of library environments address the pertinent issues of automation, personnel matters, education, management techniques, and the role of technical services within the total library community.

Library Management and Technical Services: The Changing Role of Technical Services in Library Organizations

Cargill, Jennifer

Reference

Routledge

Biographical Sources: A Guide to Dictionaries and Reference Works

Alley, Brian

Cimbala, Diana J.

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Oryx Pr

Taylor&Francis

Learn more about innovative management techniques library administrators can use to adapt to the rapidly changing information environment. Catalysts for Change features the perspectives of library practitioners as well as other higher education professionals on using innovative management techniques. The book includes practical discussions of Total Quality Management, team management, the impact of gender differences, managing an older work force, and educational needs for the 1990s. Librarians will find these techniques and solutions helpful for dealing with change. They will benefit from the case studies and practical overview from professionals who have already experienced change in their own libraries. Through this valuable book, library administrators will find the best methods for adapting management strategies to the major political upheaval, economic reprioritizing, and organizational restructuring that has been characteristic of this decade. Some of the important topics covered by the contributors include:  fostering the democratization of the workplace and the development of the staff through empowerment  proactive, assertive, and collaborative roles of libraries in the scholarly communication process  library management education that prepares professionals both to anticipate change and to bring about change in their institutions in response to societal needs and shifts  managing the academic library through teamwork  the possible impacts and implications of female leadership on the library profession  organizational change in research libraries  older workers in technical services  the role of the collection development librarian in the 1990s and beyond  using the budget as a planning toolCatalysts for Change demonstrates how to approach library services in ways that are a result of a “revenue diet,” technological advances, and changing philosophies of library constituents. Practitioners in the library field, middle managers and administrators in libraries, and beginning level management classes in library schools will find essential information in this book to help them create library management strategies to adapt to the turbulent changes in the library profession.

Catalysts for Change: Managing Libraries in the 1990s

Politics & Social Sciences

Webb Von Dran, Gisela M

Social Sciences

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