Overview
An excellent career resource for library administrators and a useful text to prepare future administrators for the tumultuous changes they will face as their libraries move toward the twenty-first century. Discusses the modification and transformation of the goals, purposes, and functions of libraries.
Full Product Details
Author: Lowell A. Martin
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Imprint: Scarecrow Press
Edition: Revised Edition
Volume: 12
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9780810831230
ISBN 10: 0810831236
Pages: 334
Publication Date: 14 November 1996
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
...useful to students, upcoming administrators, and current administrators who wish to acquire both theoretical and practical knowledge about organizations. Lisca ...likely to be regarded as a friend in need...ha[s] added a new dimension to the debate on organisational structures and the push towards flatter hierarchies to encourage an entrepreneurial spirit among all staff...is useful as an introductory text for the new manager and LIS students. Australian Library Journal It takes a broad view of organisational structure, dealing not only with internal structures but also with the library's relations with its parent organisation and its place in various regional and national structures... Library Association Record
...useful to students, upcoming administrators, and current administrators who wish to acquire both theoretical and practical knowledge about organizations. * Lisca * ...likely to be regarded as a friend in need...ha[s] added a new dimension to the debate on organisational structures and the push towards flatter hierarchies to encourage an entrepreneurial spirit among all staff...is useful as an introductory text for the new manager and LIS students. * Australian Library Journal * It takes a broad view of organisational structure, dealing not only with internal structures but also with the library's relations with its parent organisation and its place in various regional and national structures... * Library Association Record *
...useful to students, upcoming administrators, and current administrators who wish to acquire both theoretical and practical knowledge about organizations. Lisca ...likely to be regarded as a friend in need...ha[s] added a new dimension to the debate on organisational structures and the push towards flatter hierarchies to encourage an entrepreneurial spirit among all staff...is useful as an introductory text for the new manager and LIS students. The Australian Library Journal It takes a broad view of organisational structure, dealing not only with internal structures but also with the library's relations with its parent organisation and its place in various regional and national structures... Library Association Record
Author Information
Lowell A. Martin has been Associate Dean of the Library School at Columbia University, organizer and Dean of the School at Rutgers University and Vice-President of Grolier Incorporated. In recent years he has conducted administrative surveys of libraries in various cities.
