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Lucier, Richard E.; Dooley, James F. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1985
Discusses cultural changes and the meaning of their relationship to medical libraries. Three possible strategies aimed toward creating environment where innovation and risk-taking are encouraged are discussed: create integrative organizational environment; assemble staffs whose collective competencies span necessary roles in innovation process;…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Innovation, Library Administration, Library Personnel

Sohn, Jeanne – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1987
A survey of academic libraries which were members of the Association of Research Libraries in 1983-84 studies the organizational patterns that exist for collection development. Findings reveal that, although a variety of patterns exist, the one outstanding development has been the upgrading of the unit responsible for collection development.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Higher Education, Library Administration

Veaner, Allen B. – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Explores the implications of changes to be expected within foreseeable future (1985-95) in environment, mission, functions, and operations of academic libraries for librarians and librarianship. Context of academic librarianship, governance, faculty status, the library's information economy, marketing information to end user, and possible futures…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Fees, Futures (of Society), Higher Education

Rochell, Carlton – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Explores issues associated with the imposition of fees on information obtained from sources made available by today's technology. Highlights include the commodification of information, economics of access to information, library costs and user fees, cost benefits of automation, financial support for automation, and implications for collection…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Fees, Financial Support, Futures (of Society)
Olevnik, Peter P. – 1986
This paper reports the results of a study on the role of librarians in college library decision making. Emphasis is placed on the library directors' perceptions of librarians' participation in nine areas of decision making and the form of participation by librarians in these areas. The nine areas of decision making addressed by the study are: the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Higher Education