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Ensor, Pat; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1988
Description of the process of developing a five-year strategic planning document for the Indiana State University Libraries covers data gathering from a variety of printed sources, staff reports, and interviews with faculty; conceptualizing document content; writing; and editing. A questionnaire for teaching faculty is appended. (10 references)…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Data Collection, Higher Education, Library Administration
Squires, David, And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1992
Discussion of thinking styles in library tasks focuses on a study at Brigham Young University that explored the relationship between thinking styles and library organization. Use of the Squires Thinking Styles Test is described, results that indicate professional librarians tend to be verbally oriented are discussed, and future prospects are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society)
Stephen, Ross; Buschman, John – Library Administration & Management, 1993
Explains the organizational and professional concept of a "compleat librarian" that has been developed at the Rider College (New Jersey) Library. Highlights include a nonhierarchical organizational structure; a combination of traditional public and technical services responsibilities; a lack of supervisory duties; collegiality and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Libraries, Collegiality, Higher Education
Gunning, Kathleen – Library Administration & Management, 1992
Describes the Intelligent Reference Information System (IRIS) at the University of Houston libraries which includes a local area network of CD-ROM databases and an expert system to recommend reference sources. Effects of IRIS on public services management, bibliographic instruction, and collection development are discussed; and network licensing,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Software, Expert Systems, Higher Education
Coffey, James R. – Library Administration & Management, 1992
Describes the development of a model for competency at Rutgers University-Camden's library that can be used in the hiring process as a tool to evaluate job candidates for technical services positions. Interview experiences using the model, both with current employees and with prospective candidates, are discussed. (five references) (LRW)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Competence, Employee Attitudes, Employment Interviews
Bayne, Pauline S.; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1994
Describes a computer-based training program for library staff developed at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, that used HyperCard stacks on Macintosh computers. Highlights include staff involvement; evaluation of modules; trainee participation and feedback; staff recognition; administrative support; implementation plan; supervisory…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation
