POLICY MAKING AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: A PIONEERING COURSE FOR SENIOR LIBRARY MANAGERS Available to Purchase

Describes the initiation and execution of an innovative course on policy making and strategic management which was organized by a consortium of organizations working within the framework of the Library and Information Plan for Leicestershire. The course was aimed at senior managers in all types of UK libraries and was held at the University of Loughborough in August I991 and March 1992. The project was funded by the British Library Research and Development Department following an enquiry by Professor Robert Hayes which gauged the potential for a course similar to the Senior Fellows Program held annually at the University of California in Los Angeles. The course was supported by the library and Information Services Council (England) and evaluated by the CIPFA Education and Training Centre. It was generally agreed to be very successful and the Consortium, which includes Leicestershire County Council, Leicester University, Loughborough University, De Montfort University and Capital Planning Information of Stamford, is to be repeated in 1993.