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The Importance of Political and Strategic Skills for UK Library Leaders
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Goulding, Anne; Walton, Graham; Stephens, Derek – Australian Library Journal, 2012
The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the political and strategic skills needed by library leaders in today's library environment. The discussion is based on a small scale research project focused on opinions of skills needed by library leaders. The survey involved a questionnaire of librarianship students and library practitioners as well…
Descriptors: Library Role, Foreign Countries, Leadership, Skill Analysis
Sunday Opening in UK Public Libraries
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Moore, Chris; Creaser, Claire – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2010
This paper presents a summary of the first survey of public library authorities in the UK to explore Sunday opening, undertaken in 2007 as part of the Clore Leadership Programme. It provides a snapshot of Sunday opening practice, set against a context of societal, economic, and policy developments, and examines whether Sunday opening furthers the…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Services, Library Research
"We Don't Do Public Libraries Like We Used to": Attitudes to Public Library Buildings in the UK at the Start of the 21st Century
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Black, Alistair – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2011
Although the quality, performance and future of public library services in the UK is a matter of debate, there is little doubt that in recent years, despite claims relating to the emergence of a cyber-society, interest in library buildings and the library as "place" has been intense, almost matching that seen during the Carnegie era of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Interior Design, Library Facilities, Public Libraries