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Volume 40, Issue 2-3
1 February 1991
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Research Article| February 01 1991

Organising for Change in Academic Libraries: Context and Strategy Available to Purchase

James Thompson
James Thompson
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-793X
Print ISSN: 0024-2535
© MCB UP Limited
1991
Library Review (1991) 40 (2-3)
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001476

The post‐war agents for change in British university libraries are reviewed, and their effects on university librarianship discussed. Declining funds and the impact of automation are discussed in relation to the range of tasks of a university library, and the impact of and opportunities arising from change in relation to staff are considered.

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Libraries, Universities, Organizational change, Librarians, Works management
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