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De Gennaro, Richard – Library Journal, 1978
A response to the editorial "Pitt and the Pendulum" by John Berry, an article concerned with the problems of research libraries in this time of change and uncertainty. (Author/KP)
Descriptors: Current Events, Editorials, Library Administration, Problems
De Gennaro, Richard – Library Journal, 1976
The dominant thrust of the 1980's may be the development of cost-effective in-house library minicomputer processing and catalog access systems capable of interfacing synergistically with an effective national library network for sharing bibliographical data and library resources. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Computers, Costs, Futures (of Society), Library Administration
De Gennaro, Richard – Library Journal, 1978
Discusses the role of the library administrator as library manager and the utility of various currently available management systems and techniques, such as PPBS and MBO. (JVP)
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Librarians, Library Administration, Library Planning
De Gennaro, Richard – Library Journal, 1983
Differences exist between theory and practice in management, between textbook professional managers and practical general managers, and between specialist technicians and generalists. Library and business school management courses cover theory and techniques used by management specialists, not practical management which is more human, subtle, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Business Administration Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedDe Gennaro, Richard – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1980
Suggests such traditional measures of an academic library's worth as volumes added, numbers of serials, total staff, and materials expenditures have no significant correlation to the effectiveness of a library's services or user satisfaction; also that future success in effectiveness lies with cost effective management of available resources. (RAA)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Library Administration, Library Services
