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Webster, Duane E. – College and Research Libraries, 1974
The Management Review and Analysis Program, an assisted self-study strategy for large academic and research libraries, assists libraries in reviewing and analyzing their current management policies and practices, and provides guidelines for the application of contemporary principles of management for the improvement of library programs. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, College Libraries
Kranich, Nancy C.; Platt, Judith; Hoynes, Michael F.; Webster, Duane E.; Smith, Kathlin – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2001
Presents five annual reports, from the American Library Association, Association of American Publishers, American Booksellers Association, Association of Research Libraries, and the Council on Library and Information Resources. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Library Associations
Webster, Duane E. – 1976
The Management Review and Analysis Program (MRAP) provides resources and guidelines for a research library to use in conducting an internal assessment of management practices. The MRAP self-study project has two components: a procedural methodology for conducting the analysis, and a conceptual framework provided to assist in evaluation. The study…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Librarians, Libraries, Library Administration
Webster, Duane E.; Putnam, W. – 1972
The focus of this survey, conducted by the Office of Management Studies, is on the seventy-eight university libraries in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Fifty-two libraries were interviewed by telephone calls which employed a detailed interview guide and produced a profile of practices and interests. All but three of the 25…
Descriptors: Administration, College Libraries, Employment Practices, Librarians
Gardner, Jeffrey J.; Webster, Duane E. – 1974
Management principles and guidelines for the development of goals and objectives in the academic or research library are formulated. The intent of the goal statements is to draw on the management-by-objectives (MBO) techniques to develop a series of principles and guidelines which libraries can consider, evaluate, and adapt for local use. Sample…
Descriptors: Administration, College Libraries, Guidelines, Library Administration
Darling, Pamela W.; Webster, Duane E. – 1987
This manual is designed primarily as a guide for libraries undertaking a formal study of preservation needs as a foundation for planning programs to meet those needs. Based on the "assisted self-study approach" process, it presupposes a library staff large enough to permit the assignment of about two dozen people for an average of 5 or 6…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education, Library Collections