...Terrance Luther Cottrell Purpose – The purpose of this article is to reveal and dissuade the facilitation, fostering and support of silver bullet employee situations in libraries. Design/methodology/approach – The concept of a “silver bullet” employee is first explained, and then brought...

.../approach Analysis from the perspective of staff retention frames the explanation of staff retreats used primarily as budget exercises, to educate and spark informed debate leading to increased employee satisfaction. Findings Open and honest budgetary disclosure is the fundamental desire of employees...

... In this time of economic restructuring, a key reason why a librarian leaves their current position is salary. Some managers believe salary is not as important of a motivating factor for retaining employees as a friendly organizational culture or supportive knowledge sharing and collegiality. This belief...

... working environment. Libraries Employees Customers Communication Change management Michael A. Crumpton can be contacted at: macrumpt@uncg.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Tough economic times have turned everyone into watchdogs of financial responsibility, whether...

...Glen E. Holt Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show how an effective library manager can handle the issues of employee theft of material, time, data and money. Design/methodology/approach Reviews and summarizes some of the literature on the topic and recounts personal experiences...

...Sangkyun Kim Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the economic impact of an employee internet management (EIM) system. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews previous research on economic justification. It implements an EIM system, sniffer, and firewall to monitor real...

... programming. It allowed the Library to hire two part‐time people, one to manage the technology and one to work with youth to create computer education programs that benefit people of all ages and all skill levels. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Public libraries Employees Financing...

...Glen Holt © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Leadership Libraries Authority Time Employees Libraries God – and the devil – are in the details Keywords: Leadership, Libraries, Authority, Time,Employees, Libraries In the secular world of library administration...

...", November 28. Available at http://www.cnn.com/2000/CAREER/trends/11/28/librarians/ Nardi, B.A. and O'Day, V. (1996), "Intelligent agents: what we learned at the library", Libri, Vol. 46 No. 2, pp. 59-88. © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Librarians Employees Task Task specialization Re...

... are discussed. Plans are outlined for continued expansion of their image database and related programs, which will be funded by a second IMLS grant and other sources. Libraries Higher education Digital libraries Project management Employees Librarians In April 2000, Temple University Libraries...

...Eileen Fitzsimons © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Public libraries Trade unions Labour disputes Employees Wages Union talks end in problems Keywords: Public libraries, Trade unions, Labour disputes, Employees,Wages Dateline: New York, NY Negotiations between...

...Eileen Fitzsimons © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Local governments Employees Libraries Other funding issues Keywords: Local governments, Employees, Libraries After a defeat in March of a quarter-cent sales-tax increase for San Diego County's eight needy library...