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Finding a Common Ground: Proprietors and Users Respond on Copyright.
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Stuart-Stubbs, Basil – Canadian Library Journal, 1978
Discusses the current problems in interpreting and enforcing Canadian copyright laws, and demonstrates the need for clarification of the roles of both proprietor and user. (JVP)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Foreign Countries, Laws, Legal Problems
Humane Management in Times of Restraint.
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Auster, Ethel – Canadian Library Journal, 1987
Briefly reviews the theoretical principles of decision making and communication for effective management, and describes management practices in Canadian academic libraries facing retrenchment that deviate from this theoretical model. Suggestions for achieving greater congruency between scholarly theory and management practice, thereby facilitating…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decision Making, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries
Strategic Planning for Information Technology.
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Bates, Iain – Canadian Library Journal, 1990
Emphasizes the necessity for libraries to implement strategic planning for information technology. Topics discussed include assessing strengths and weaknesses; the allocation of resources; an OCLC report that surveyed member libraries to determine their planning activities; long-range planning; the need for flexibility; integrating planning with…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Library Administration
Public Library Boards and Chief Librarians: A Creative Balance.
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Cameron, Alexander; And Others – Canadian Library Journal, 1992
Discusses responses to a 1990 survey of 21 Chief Librarians of medium-sized public libraries in Ontario regarding experiences working with the Library Board. Topics addressed include the powers and role of the board, balance and limits of power, informing the board, working with the municipality, the working relationship, clarifying expectations,…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Foreign Countries, Governing Boards, Librarian Attitudes
Planning and Implementing a Community Survey.
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Canadian Library Journal, 1985
Step-by-step description of the community analysis and survey project undertaken by Grande Prairie Public Library (Alberta, Canada) includes discussion of use of American Library Association's "Planning Process for Public Libraries" as a guideline for designing staff, citizen, and user surveys. Statement of revenue and expenses (1982) is…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Surveys, Foreign Countries, Library Administration
Automation's Effect on Library Personnel.
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Dakshinamurti, Ganga – Canadian Library Journal, 1985
Reports on survey studying the human-machine interface in Canadian university, public, and special libraries. Highlights include position category and educational background of 118 participants, participants' feelings toward automation, physical effects of automation, diffusion in decision making, interpersonal communication, future trends,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Hypothesis Testing
Research Needs in Canadian Librarianship.
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Venkateswarlu, Tadiboyina – Canadian Library Journal, 1991
Presents the results of a survey of Canadian academic libraries that was conducted to determine areas of needed research in light of changes in technology and user needs. Suggestions for research included collection development, automation and user access, government role, copyright, serials price increases, and library administrators' attitudes…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Administrator Attitudes, Copyrights