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Download full textTexas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin. – 2000
Throughout the history of public libraries in the United States, great accomplishments have been achieved through the active participation of local community members. This handbook from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission is addressed to those citizens who attain appointments to their city or county library advisory boards. Its…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Library Administration, Library Administrators, Library Development
Garten, Edward D., Ed.; Williams, Delmus E., Ed. – 2003
This volume of the "Advances in Library Administration and Organization" offers 11 perspectives to practitioners trying to make sense of the issues that must daily be confronted by library administrators in an environment of ongoing change. This 20th volume includes: "Choice, Responsibility and Work: Rhetoric in a University Library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Higher Education, Library Administration
PDF pending restorationMerikangas, Robert – 1996
This paper presents a brief history of the management of the University of Maryland at College Park (UMCP) Libraries. An Introduction addresses these questions: Why tell a history of the management of the Libraries? Why a history right now? What is the recommended methodology for creating a history of the management of a library? The paper…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Administrators
Spangenberg, Gail – 1996
This report, in two volumes, is a study of the role and future of public libraries in adult literacy that involved a survey of 200 professionals--state librarians, state library literacy contacts, heads of state literacy resource centers (SLRCs), and local library literacy program heads. The first volume describes the study findings in seven…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Research, Educational Technology
PDF pending restorationIdaho State Library, Boise. – 1996
The public library board of trustees is an example of the great democratic tradition of giving authority for the operation of public agencies to members of the general public. The public library board is legally responsible for overseeing the efficient and effective operation of the public library. The board hires the library's administrator,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Community Relations, Efficiency, Governance
American Library Association Video/Library Video Network, Towson, MD. – 1996
Libraries are one of the world's greatest assets. Changes in the political, social, and economic climate in the U.S. mean that people cannot take public access to information for granted. Intense competition for public, private, and institutional dollars makes it more crucial than ever that policymakers understand that libraries--public, school,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Advocacy, Agenda Setting, Citizen Participation
