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Riggs, Donald E. – Library Administration & Management, 1993
Discusses the use of total quality management (TQM) principles in libraries. Topics addressed include commitment from the library director; strategic planning; training needs for library staff; the identification and selection of targeted areas that would benefit from TQM; quality improvement teams; analysis; proposed solutions; and evaluation…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Library Administration, Library Directors, Library Personnel
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Riggs, Donald E. – Journal of Library Administration, 2001
Discusses the need for strong leadership in libraries. Topics include the distinction between management and leadership; myths about leadership; leading change; expected qualities of effective leaders, including creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, planning, and communicating; and librarian's opportunities for leadership development. (LRW)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Communication (Thought Transfer), Creativity, Entrepreneurship
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Riggs, Donald E. – College & Research Libraries, 1997
Discusses users' expectations of academic libraries and suggests that a commitment to making the library a learning organization will result in improved library staff and strengthened services. Topics include technological changes; the role of innovation in learning organizations, including systems thinking, mental models, and team learning; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Expectation, Higher Education, Innovation
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Riggs, Donald E. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1997
Changing services, technologies, organization, and ownership and access policies in academic libraries will bring new management and leadership techniques. Reviews literature examining change, management creativity, learning organizations, Total Quality Management, technological advancement, internationalization of higher education and global…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administration, Annotated Bibliographies, Budgeting