Advances in Library Administration and Organization

by Garten; Williams

• ISBN13: 9780762307180
• ISBN10: 0762307188
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-03
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology

Summary

This votume includes a series of papers designed to help administrators meet the challenges of running organizations in an ambiguous climate. All of the articles address real management problems from a research perspective. The volume leads with a bibliometric study designed to help us understand the development of library science and higher education as disciplines and follows with a piece on the importance of place for libraries, a study of interactive services and professional culture within librarianship and then pieces on staff development and mentoring. Then we look at the work processes of research Librarians and management education for librarians. Finally we look at service programs aimed at the Hispanic population and provide a location analysis of public libraries in Calcutta. As in past volume, this edition of ALAO includes an eclectic collection of strong papers that convey the results of the kind of research that managers need, mixing theory with a good dose of pragmatism. The resulting volume adds significant. value to our literature as the essays, it contains treats classic problems in new ways. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Edward D. Garten
Virtual Libraries - Real Stress: Change at the Reference Desk	1	(44)
Connie Van Fleet
Danny P. Wallace
Developing a Strategic Plan For Integrated Information Resources and Services	45	(78)
Stephan R. Reynolds
A Recommended Methology for Determining the Disparity Between Women's Salary Levels and Those of Men in the Librarian Professorate in an Academic Library Setting	123	(52)
Elizabeth A. Titus
The Effects of Automation on Hiring Practices and Staff Allocation in Academic Libraries in Tennessee	175	(50)
Murle E. Kenerson
Quality Assurance in Library Support of Distance Learning: International Perspectives for Library Administrators	225	(20)
Alexander L. Slade
Total Quality Management: Implementation in Three Community College Libraries and/or Learning Resources Centers	245	(28)
Theresa S. Byrd
The Richard Dougherty Symposium Papers-Introduction	273	(2)
William A. Gosling
Changes in Scholarship and the Academy and, Perforce, Academic Libraries	275	(12)
Paul N. Courant
North American Librarianship: A Competitive Advantage	287	(6)
Robert Wedgeworth
Some Reflections on Universities, Libraries and Leadership	293	(14)
Billy E. Frye
The Research Library Director: From Keeper to Agent-Provocateur	307	(10)
Paul H. Mosher
About the Contributors	317	(4)
Keyword Index	321