... Public libraries Library management An interesting, thoughtful and wide ranging book covering both academic and public libraries today. It is a timely work given the fact that libraries everywhere have to cope with the severe effects of a worldwide economic recession and rapid social change...

.... Emma J. Thompson can be contacted at: emma.thompson@liv.ac.uk Conferences Libraries Information literacy Library management Library users LILAC, the Librarians' Information Literacy Conference was hosted by the University of Manchester on the 25-27 March 2013. LILAC is aimed...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Academic libraries Electronic books Library management Ebooks Backlists Weeding Acquisition United States of America Most librarians involved in the acquisition of ebooks have seen large ebook packages from well‐known academic publishers...

... a number of approaches and solutions. Public libraries Internet access Library management Online access Strategies Internet filters Librarian's principles The internet has become a ubiquitous information and communication medium. It is used at workplaces, at homes and on the move. Since...

... in Columbus, Ohio. Bruce E. Massis can be contacted at: bmassis@hotmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Libraries Analytics Software Predictive Budget Planning Library systems Library management References Carpenter , T. , Hiller , S. and Kyrillidou...

... faced with repetitive tasks. Originality/value This paper summarizes the management literature on this topic to provide practical guidance for library managers. So how do library managers keep their staff from the perils of boredom and sustain high productivity? The options are numerous...

..., currently studying on the MA Information Management course at London Metropolitan University. Penelope Street can be contacted at: pstreet@liv.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Conferences Libraries Information literacy Library management Library users LILAC...

... library: Public libraries Library management Information services Information media In The Guardian, Alan Rushbridger (2007) compared the future of newspapers to climate change. Five years ago, many climatologists were sceptical as to whether climate change was a real...

... evidence based on the views of municipal/public library directors in Greece. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Strategic planning Public libraries Library management Greece In the following sections the methodology and the results of the study are presented and an analysis...

.... Originality/value The paper offers practical insights for libraries in similar positions. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Collections management Library management Academic libraries Ireland Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), based in the Southeast of Ireland, is one...

... in Libraries . Bingham, NY : The Haworth Information Press 186 pp. , ISBN: 0‐7890‐2402‐0   $27.96 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Digital libraries Library management ...

... in the field of digital reference. The original ATL service was established by Oslo Public Library in October 1997. Early the following year, one of the library managers wrote: Through ATL we receive a wide range of questions ‐ some of them very difficult. Users with access to specialized libraries...

...Mike Freeman Dictionary of Information and Library Management, 2nd ed. . London : A. & C. Black   2006 . 229 pp. (plus 10 pages unnumbered) , ISBN: 10 0 7136 7591 8   £9.99 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Library management Information management...

... 2007 --> Information services Library management Information management This is a comprehensive text, revised and restructured from the first edition, Managing Information Services: An Integrated Approach. The book is designed to support library and information managers...

....   2006, 2001 . 427 pp.   $39.50 , ISBN: 1‐57387‐241‐5 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Special libraries School libraries Public libraries Librarians Library management This revised version of the 2001 The OPL Sourcebook aims to be an essential handbook...

... and Peter   Griffiths . Setting up a Library and Information Service from Scratch . London : Facet Publishing   2005 . 195 pp.   £29‐95 Paperback , ISBN: 1‐85604‐558‐7 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Information services Libraries Library management...

... to spend far more time on other work than they could in the past. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Students Shelf space Library management Academic libraries Ireland Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), located in the Southeast of Ireland, has developed greatly...

...Richard Turner Throughout the book there are quotes from library managers, and those who work for them, which are reassuring, empowering and often amusing. The obvious lesson to be drawn from all this is that you are not the first person to go through these experiences! Gordon opens the book...

... for education and enhanced civility. Many of the articles on libraries during crisis and change caused by social movements are found in the practitioner literature, and in the scholarly literature about the practice of public library management. The motivational theories of American psychologist Abraham Maslow...

... components include: Leadership Library management Ethics Decision making Education Librarians Many of the corporate cases, for example, have related to inaccurate reporting of financial performance, particularly related to attempts to influence stock prices, concerns regarding executive...