Advances in Library Administration And Organization

by Garten; Williams; Nyce

• ISBN13: 9780762312979
• ISBN10: 0762312971
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-02
• 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

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS	vii
INTRODUCTION
James M Nyce	ix
THEORIES IN PRACTICE: THEORY FUNCTIONS AND DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION
Betsy Van der Veer Martens	1	(58)
LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE: AN INTELLECTUAL JOURNEY
Jean Mulhern	59	(26)
COUNTING PERFORMANCE: PERCEPTIONS AND RESOURCES OF PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT IN FLORIDA PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Larry Nash White	85	(56)
CONTRACTING PUBLIC LIBRARY MANAGEMENT TO PRIVATE VENDORS: THE NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT MODEL
Robert C. Ward and Michael Carpenter	141	(32)
CAREER DEVELOPMENT DIRECTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY MIDDLE LEVEL MANAGER
Janine Golden	173	(72)
ACADEMIC LIBRARIAN'S CAREER CHOICE
Jeff Luzius	245	(18)
WILL THEY STAY OR WILL THEY GO? PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIAN TURNOVER
Linda K Colding	263	(18)
CASE EXAMINATION OF DECISION-MAKING FACTORS: DO FACULTY AND LIBRARIANS AGREE ON CRITERIA UPON WHICH TO CANCEL JOURNALS?
James H. Walther	281	(52)
SENIOR UK MANAGERS' IDENTIFICATION OF ATTRIBUTES OF INFORMATION ASSETS
Joan Stenson	333	(82)
ABOUT THE AUTHORS	415	(4)
AUTHOR INDEX	419	(10)
SUBJECT INDEX	429