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Peer reviewedHendrickson, Kent, Ed. – Journal of Library Administration, 1991
This theme issue focuses on "creating the library's future" through creative library management. Seven articles provide a variety of perspectives on particular library management styles and approaches to library issues. The planning process, creativity in the work place, and innovations in libraries are discussed. (MAB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Mail, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
Direct linkCarlson, Scott; Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005
Five of the world's largest libraries have joined Google in a herculean effort to digitize millions of books and make every sentence searchable. The project involves libraries at Harvard and Stanford Universities, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and the University of Oxford, in England, as well as the New York Public Library. It could…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Researchers, Research Libraries, Public Libraries
Aharony, Noa – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2009
This research set out to explore the attitudes of school, academic and public librarians towards marketing libraries. The main question that was examined is whether personality characteristics such as empowerment, extroversion and resistance to change influence librarians' attitudes towards the marketing of libraries. One hundred and fifty-six…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Public Libraries, Correlation, Library Services
Goldthorp, Jacqueline D. – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2007
This paper explores how Scottish public library services have responded to providing a service to a virtually invisible minority group, i.e. lesbians who enjoy reading lesbian fiction. The evidence that provides the foundation for the results discussed in this paper was drawn from the following sources: a study of the 32 public library services in…
Descriptors: Recreational Reading, Focus Groups, Public Libraries, Foreign Countries
Estabrook, Leigh; Horak, Chris – Library Journal, 1992
This 1991 poll by the University of Illinois' Library Research Center consisted of a telephone survey of a representative national sample of 1,181 people and a mail survey of a random sample of 541 Public Library Association members. Data were gathered on public and professional opinions about public library services, collections, censorship,…
Descriptors: Censorship, Librarian Attitudes, Library Materials, Library Research
Download full textNichols, Mary Ellen – 1993
This study examined whether user satisfaction with library services is affected by certain objective and subjective librarian behaviors exhibited during the reference interview. A patron survey was conducted during July 1993 in three branches of Cuyahoga County Public Library, located in northeastern Ohio. The sample was determined by the patrons…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Interviews, Librarian Attitudes, Librarians
Peer reviewedJanes, Joseph – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Reports the results of a survey of reference librarians in public and academic libraries that investigated experiences with and attitudes toward the use of digital and networked technologies and resources in reference work. Highlights include a correlation between experiences and positive attitudes; characteristics of librarians; and current and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Correlation, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedSutton, Brett – Library and Information Science Research, 1993
Investigates the effects of participatory management techniques advocated by the Public Library Association through a study of long-range planning at four public libraries that focused on staff members' views of the planning process, types and levels of staff participation, and attitudes about the effectiveness and consequences of the planning…
Descriptors: Librarian Attitudes, Library Administration, Library Personnel, Library Planning
St. Lifer, Evan – Library Journal, 1994
Reports the results of a survey of librarian job satisfaction that covered librarians' perceptions of their jobs, compensation and benefits, advancement opportunities, and technological challenges. Statistics on average salaries, benefits, salaries by gender, advancement opportunities, and staff cuts are presented by library type. Gender…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Dismissal (Personnel), Fringe Benefits, Information Technology
Anderson, Deborah W. – 1993
Public schools in Ohio are adopting whole language, literature-based curricula. As a result, teachers are using the public library more frequently, borrowing greater quantities of books and materials, and asking librarians to assume non-traditional roles such as that of curriculum planner and teacher. The purpose of this study was to examine how…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Jones, Carolyn – Australian Library Journal, 2006
The author examines the evolution of the current Australian demographic and its implications for the delivery of public library services. The "baby boomers", the generation born between 1946 and 1961, are the next cohort to be seriously in need of housebound services, and the characteristics and likely needs of this group are considered…
Descriptors: Library Services, Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Strategic Planning
McClure, Charles R., Ed.; Hernon, Peter, Ed. – 1991
The 28 essays in this collection provide an overview of research in library/information science (LIS), present a practical context of such research, and consider related issues and concerns. The essays are: (1) "The Elusive Nature of Research in LIS" (Peter Hernon); (2) "Guides to Conducting Research in Library and Information Science" (Ronald R.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Role, Higher Education
Johnson, Lamar – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
This manuscript reports a study of the secondary-school library. The library, it is claimed, exists first to improve the curriculum, and second, to encourage reading as a leisure-time occupation. The purposes of this investigation are: (1) to list and describe activities and devices used in outstanding secondary-school libraries; (2) to present…
Descriptors: Educational History, National Surveys, Secondary Schools, Secondary School Students
