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Koss, Linda – Library Journal, 2007
The United States is home to about 1.3 million organizations that fall under the IRS's 501(c)(3) classification of "[tax]-exempt organizations," known informally as nonprofits. A nonprofit is defined as a formally incorporated nongovernmental organization that operates in the public interest, rather than in order to make a profit. Its income, in…
Descriptors: Proposal Writing, Taxes, Public Libraries, Nonprofit Organizations
Piccininni, James – 1995
This brief 3-page paper gives a broad outline of the type of qualifications needed for a librarian to become a library director. Four requirements that candidates should meet are suggested: (1) a work record involving both public and technical library services; (2) a second Master's degree or doctoral degree; (3) evidence of initiative as revealed…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Employment Qualifications, Librarians, Library Administration
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Stanton, Robert O. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1975
An experimental "management-by-objectives" performance system was operated by the Libraries and Information Systems Center of Bell Laboratories during 1973. It was found that, though the system was very effective for work planning and the development of people, difficulties were encountered in applying it to certain classes of employees.…
Descriptors: Corporate Libraries, Library Administration, Management by Objectives, Personnel Evaluation
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Georgi, Charlotte – Special Libraries, 1975
Enumerates principles and practices helpful in improving library administration while coping with budget cuts. (PF)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Principles, College Libraries, Costs
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Bailey, Martha J.; And Others – Special Libraries, 1975
Reviews the Purdue University Libraries' experience with the Management Review and Analysis Program technique, a self-study approach developed for libraries. (PF)
Descriptors: Administration, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Librarians
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. – 1988
This report contains the major recommendations of the Library of Congress (LC) Management and Planning (MAP) committee. The mission and values statement developed by the MAP Committee for LC precedes the main body of the report. The first of two major sections of the report includes recommendations organized into chapters according to the five…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Library Administration, Library Planning, Library Services
Mitchell, Eugene S. – 1987
When professional movers are hired to move a library collection, drawing up written specifications becomes the most important part of the planning process. Specifications explain exactly what needs to be done, form the basis for a legal contract, and provide the basis for determining the cost of the job. Precision is an important component of…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Legal Responsibility, Library Administration, Library Collections
Abramson, Jenifer Stone – 1977
This manual, prepared for the UCLA Law School Library, outlines sample policies, procedures, and rules for a law school reference department. The manual consists of (1) a discussion of patron categories and priorities; (2) a statement of the kinds of services to be offered; (3) determination of the means of providing these services via procedures…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Guides, Law Libraries, Library Administration
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Univ. Libraries. – 1977
Highlights of the 1975/76 annual report for the University Libraries at the State University of New York at Albany include: (1) acquisitions dropped markedly; (2) follow-up on the report of the library review team, including the beginning of a long term project of developing a statement of mission and objectives for each unit by library staff and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Libraries, Librarians, Library Administration
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Guttsman, W. L. – Journal of Librarianship, 1974
A functional analysis of the managerial, the innovatory and the policy-making processes in university libraries and an examination of how the views and interests of various groups affected by them might be best brought into play. (Author)
Descriptors: Administration, College Administration, College Libraries, Governance
Shaffer, Dale E. – 1977
The sharing of new ideas for improving library services, a concern of every creative librarian, is the goal of this compilation of 156 novel and nontraditional approaches. The ideas are arranged alphabetically by key thought with a contents listing at the front of the handbook. Some are suitable for public libraries, some for school libraries,…
Descriptors: Creativity, Improvement Programs, Individual Characteristics, Innovation
Shaffer, Dale E. – 1979
This guide, which stresses four basic functions of library management--planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling--presents a collection of 53 management concepts and principles applicable for use in every library. The term management concept, as used in the context of this guide, means a workable idea, thought, or opinion--based on…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Guides, Fundamental Concepts, Librarians
Hoffman, Herbert H. – 1977
A simple and cheap manual double entry continuous transaction posting system with running balances is developed for bookkeeping by small libraries. A very small library may operate without any system of fiscal control but when a library's budget approaches three figures, some kind of bookkeeping must be introduced. To maintain control over his…
Descriptors: Accounting, Bookkeeping, Budgeting, Budgets
Balazs, Janos; Gyore, Pal – 1979
Associations of special libraries in Hungary are being developed to provide universal availability of published works on a national and international level. While most library legislation recognizes considerations, concerns of document security, copyright, reprography and computerized services are also matters of legislative importance,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Legislation, Library Administration, Library Planning
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1979
Developed to assist individual countries in establishing a national bibliography and to further Universal Bibliographic Control, these guidelines provide practical guidance on the preparation of national bibliographic records, the production of a national bibliography, and the administrative machinery to accomplish these tasks. Appendices include…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Guidelines, International Programs, Library Administration
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