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An Exploratory Study to Develop an Alternative Model of Public Library Management Using the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Public Library Statistics
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Kim, Giyeong; Yu, So Young – Library Quarterly, 2011
In this explorative study, we first investigate current use of public library statistics in public library management to identify a governing framework and then carefully suggest an alternative framework with income as a goal for sustainability. The meaning of income in terms of management is also discussed. Within this framework, we conduct a…
Descriptors: Income, Library Administration, Public Libraries, Effect Size
The Scope of Faculty Bargaining: Implications for Academic Librarians
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Chaplan, Margaret; Maxey, Charles – Library Quarterly, 1976
Examination of collective bargaining contracts from four-year colleges and universities for provision patterns and issue resolution methods. Coverage includes factors that may determine the scope of bargaining, an overview of provisions regarding faculty members, and contract provisions applying particularly to academic librarians. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Colleges, Librarians, Negotiation Agreements
An Analysis of the Demand for Librarians
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Cooper, Michael D. – Library Quarterly, 1975
Examines the variables that influence the future demand for librarians, including the effect of changing population growth patterns and retirement rates. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Labor Needs, Librarians, Population Trends, Professional Occupations
Some Unexplained Aspects of the Cranfield Tests of Indexing Performance Factors
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Swanson, Don R. – Library Quarterly, 1971
Comments are made on several specific questionable aspects of experimental design in the Second Cranfield project." 8 references. (Author)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Coupling, Communication (Thought Transfer), Evaluation, Indexing
The Use of National Public Library Statistics by Public Library Directors.
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Liu, Yan Quan; Zweizig, Douglas L. – Library Quarterly, 2001
A survey was conducted to investigate public library directors' use of the Federal-State Cooperative System for Public Library Data and the Public Library Data Service reports. This article highlights the uses directors made of statistics and the aspects of statistics that they found particularly useful. (Contains 51 references.) (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Information Services, Library Administration, Library Administrators, Library Directors