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Peer reviewedShaughnessy, Thomas W. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1995
Discusses ways to achieve peak performance in academic libraries by emphasizing staff development. Highlights include self-assessment; conflict of commitment; self-absorption; institutional loyalty; focusing on the future; and understanding the library's strategic plan, mission statement, and policies. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conflict of Interest, Library Development, Library Policy
Rubin, Richard E. – 1998
This book provides information science students and librarians the background and techniques they need to meet the challenges of the library profession today. The book begins with a discussion of the practice of librarianship and the place of libraries within the broader perspective of the information superstructure. Topics covered include the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Policy, Information Services, Information Sources
Peer reviewedKnuth, Rebecca – Library & Information Science Research, 1997
Discusses the appropriateness of applying diffusion theory to the study of five factors that influence school library development globally: (1) the evolution of, acceptance of, and consensus on a viable service-delivery model; (2) influence exercised by professional organizations; (3) generation of acceptable standards; (4) overt government…
Descriptors: Diffusion (Communication), Elementary Secondary Education, Information Services, Library Development
Peer reviewedClark, Rosemary G. – Catholic Library World, 1996
Discusses how to build a parish library collection. Highlights include fund raising developing a mission statement and proposal, materials evaluation and selection, user "needs" and "wants" lists, sources of free or low-cost books, and audio-visuals. (AEF)
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Library Collection Development, Library Funding, Library Material Selection
Download full textBrown, Gerald R., Comp. – 1997
This report assesses the current stage of program development in the branch libraries of the Saint Lucia Public Library and Information System (PLIS), based on data collected during September-December 1997 using a branch library questionnaire, site visits, and informal surveys of library users. The vision and philosophical statements used to frame…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Foreign Countries, Institutional Mission, Library Administration
Millersville Univ., PA. – 1991
This strategic plan postulates the goals and directions that the Millersville University Library (Pennsylvania) will strive to achieve during the next 5 years and beyond; defines the central place in the campus community that the library maintains; outlines how change will affect its services, collections, staff, facilities and users; provides an…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Information Technology
State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook. Library. – 1992
Over 60 members of the State University of New York at Stony Brook faculty and staff worked for almost a year to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for the University Libraries, the first phase of which is presented here. The process, which began in the spring of 1991, consisted of three phases: (1) Organization--meeting of the planning team…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Collection Development, Library Facilities
