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This volume addresses an eclectic mix of topics that adapt theoretical concepts relating to the management of libraries to stretch the boundary of practice. The nine contributions include a definition of knowledge management, the Internet and ebooks, and various case studies.

This monograph is characterized by a focused eclecticism, informed by theory and reflection, and stretching the boundaries of practice. Included are papers from a symposium honouring the career of a distinguished practitioner, discussing the challenges facing the profession.

Intended for librarians and library managers in academic institutions, this series aims to cover advances in library administration and organization. The collected articles draw upon practical situations to illustrate administrative principles.

Volume 20 includes important contributions to the field from the UK, Germany, and the United States. These deal with the evolving role of the chief information officer, information ethics, library services at a distance, e-metrics, and continuous quality improvement.

This volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization offers papers of interest to practitioners and researchers in the library community throughout the world.. All of the papers in one way or another address the tension between what researchers can deliver, what they define as reputable knowledge, and what library practitioners need to know "to get the job done." While these papers differ from each other by problem, scale, method...

Adapts theory to practice in areas of interest to those who manage libraries. This volume offers articles covering a demographic study of Canadian librarianship, the implementation of ISO9000 in Thailand, pieces on information literacy programs in the United States, and a discussion of organizational culture within libraries from South Africa.

Offers a comprehensive discussion of the consultant/library relationship, including chapters written by professional library consultants, information specialists and library administrators who have had experience in using consultants to solve a range of problems in information service.

This is "ALAO"'s first nation specific volume. It represents part of an effort to further internationalize the journal's contents and interests. The volume's papers describe the Library & Information Science community in Finland, outline the history of Library & Information Science in the country and reviews the scientific achievements of its Library & Information Science scholars. These papers deal with some universal themes and topics in Lib...

Includes a series of papers designed to help administrators meet the challenges of running organizations in an ambiguous climate. This volume addresses real management problems from a research perspective. It leads with a bibliometric study designed to help us understand the development of library science and higher education as disciplines.

A collection of essays, designed to challenge working administrators and researchers to look more closely at their operations and consider again how they develop people and the organizations in which they work.

Aimed at helping administrators meet the challenges of running organizations, this work addresses theoretical and practical issues administrators face in ambiguous environments and presents a collection of papers that reflect the myriad challenges library administrators face everyday.