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The Information Needs of Local Union Officials.
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Chaplan, Margaret A.; Hertenstein, Edward J. – Library Trends, 2002
Discusses results of a questionnaire that was distributed to local union officials to determine their information needs and how they go about satisfying those needs. Highlights include union roles; information sources; effects of training on sources used; comparisons to previous research; suggestions for further research; and a copy of the survey…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Information Needs, Information Sources, Library Instruction
Ten Years Later: Support Staff Perceptions and Opinions on Technology in the Workplace.
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Jones, Dorothy E. – Library Trends, 1999
Compares results of a 1998 survey concerning university library support staff perceptions and opinions about technological change to results of a similar survey administered to the same population in 1988. Offers the evolving perceptions, opinions, and suggestions of these library personnel as a resource for better planning of library automation…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Attitudes, Employee Attitudes, Library Automation
A Comparative Study of the Career Development Patterns of Male and Female Library Administrators in Large Public Libraries.
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Greiner, Joy M. – Library Trends, 1985
This nationwide study, conducted to investigate extent to which sex of individual is controlling factor relating to salaries, career progression, and library support, compared the careers of male and female public library directors serving populations of 100,000 or more in continental United States. Questionnaire is appended. (21 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Ladders, Comparative Analysis, Hypothesis Testing
The Motivation to Manage: A Study of Academic Librarians and Library Science Students.
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Swisher, Robert; And Others – Library Trends, 1985
The major finding of this study which identified motivation-to-manage levels is that there is no evidence of any significant difference between the motivation-to-manage scores of males and females who are either (1) master's students preparing for careers in academic librarianship or (2) practitioners of academic librarianship. Thirty references…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Directors of Large Libraries: Roles, Functions, and Activities.
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Cottam, Keith M. – Library Trends, 1994
Examines current experience and trends in the roles, functions, and activities of today's library directors, based on a survey of directors of large libraries or library systems. A shift in roles, functions, and activities from predominantly internal affairs to an increasing emphasis on external concerns, including technological, economic, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Change
Online Public Access Catalog Research in the United Kingdom: An Overview.
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Kinsella, Janet; Bryant, Philip – Library Trends, 1987
Reviews recent and current research and development projects in the United Kingdom dealing with online information systems. Main areas of research (systems design, impact on user behavior and organizational structure, ergonomics and bibliographic factors) and research techniques (features analysis, transaction log analysis, surveys and comparative…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Evaluation Methods