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Prusak, Laurence; Matarazzo, James M. – Library Journal, 1990
Summarizes results of a survey on the value of the corporate library and presents a strategy for successful information management: (1) learn the information needs of senior executives; (2) be businesslike; (3) defend your turf; (4) segment the market; (5) market to those who need information; and (6) be involved in the business. (Three…
Descriptors: Corporate Libraries, Information Management, Information Needs, Library Administration
Peer reviewedLubans, John, Jr. – Reference Librarian, 1984
Discusses first three steps of a general model for use in planning and implementing innovative programs in organizations: identifying problem, forming task force, finding out more about problems. Application and evaluation of model at large academic library to investigate receptivity of faculty to increased teaching activities by librarians is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Planning
Peer reviewedHippenhammer, Craighton – Top of the News, 1986
Reports on output measures that can give children's librarians additional information to better control collections and make better selection and weeding decisions. Statistical comparisons utilizing circulation data (comparing circulation year to year, circulation to patrons served, circulation to number of materials owned) and availability of…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
Gordon, Rachel Singer – 2003
This book offers advice and information to help librarians manage and interact with computer technology in their institutions. Chapters 1 and 2 provide a background in systems librarianship, outlining the skills that may be needed and defining the specialty. Chapters 3 and 4 show how traditional library skills such as the organization of knowledge…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Integrated Library Systems, Job Skills, Librarians
Download full textMoore, Nick – 1989
This manual identifies a series of performance measurements which, when assessed in their totality, can effectively measure a public library's level of service to its users. The measures have been developed at two levels. On one level, the measures can broadly evaluate the overall performance of library systems on the national level; on a second,…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Data Interpretation, Evaluation Criteria, Library Collections
Johnson, Debra Wilcox; Soule, Jennifer A. – 1985
Designed to help librarians and trustees make informed planning decisions concerning the development or improvement of library literacy services, this manual discusses the following topics: (1) the problem of illiteracy; (2) identifying adult new learners; (3) providers of literacy services; (4) the library's role in literacy activities; (5)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Attitudes, Community Support
Thomas, Sarah E. – 1986
In mid-1985, researchers contacted librarians at 23 United States and Canadian universities to determine what end-user activities were taking place with the involvement and cooperation of the library. Although most of those contacted were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), a few non-ARL libraries known to have active end-user…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
