Volume 29 of Advances in Library Administration and Organization offers timely and interesting research about organization. While most of the chapters we have published over time have related to academic library organizations, three of the chapters here relate to the attempts of public libraries to meet the challenges their managers face. We lead with a chapter by an architect who has designed public libraries, followed by a chapter that talks about committee dynamics in decision-making situations in a public library. This is followed by a third public library-related chapter that provides an insight into the impact that the introduction of new technology had on medium-sized libraries' organizations, cultures, and personnel. A chapter about information-seeking strategies of theatre researchers follows that makes the case for carefully considering the different behaviors of different disciplines and subdisciplines and avoiding generalizations about how scholars work. A piece on how scheduling affects information literacy follows, and the final chapter discusses role displacements that are taking part in cataloging units in academic libraries. Each chapter reflects changes that are needed or that are taking place within libraries and each makes its own contribution to LIS theory and practice.
Volume 29 of Advances in Library Administration and Organization offers timely and interesting research about organization. While most of the chapters we have published over time have related to academic library organizations, three of the chapters here relate to the attempts of public libraries to meet the challenges their managers face. We lead with a chapter by an architect who has designed public libraries, followed by a chapter that talks about committee dynamics in decision-making situations in a public library. This is followed by a third public library-related chapter that provides an insight into the impact that the introduction of new technology had on medium-sized libraries' organizations, cultures, and personnel. A chapter about information-seeking strategies of theatre researchers follows that makes the case for carefully considering the different behaviors of different disciplines and subdisciplines and avoiding generalizations about how scholars work. A piece on how scheduling affects information literacy follows, and the final chapter discusses role displacements that are taking part in cataloging units in academic libraries. Each chapter reflects changes that are needed or that are taking place within libraries and each makes its own contribution to LIS theory and practice.
Advances in Library Administration and Organization
312
Advances in Library Administration and Organization
312
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857242877 |
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| Publisher: | Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
| Publication date: | 11/08/2010 |
| Series: | Advances in Library Administration and Organization , #29 |
| Pages: | 312 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d) |