... as deeply. As this paper reviews the limited LIS literature on the subject, the purpose of this paper is to provide administrators and managers with a deeper understanding of the benefits and drawbacks of contingent appointments. It also offers strategies for fostering a workplace culture that recognizes...

...Joy M. Perrin; Justin Daniel Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assist library administration in avoiding cross-functional team pitfalls. Design/methodology/approach This paper reports the results of years of cross-fucntiional teams at an academic Library. Reports results of years...

...Brent S. Roberts; Cheryl L. Hoover Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify common arguments and points of resistance to library development projects, and to outline effective political and communication strategies, which can be used by library administrators and supporters when...

... as an effective element to ultimately eliminate individual errors in an administration is discussed. Findings The PA system and practice of CL are flawed. First, the weighting scheme of the evaluated categories is so allocated that the least measurable category has the overriding power. Second, the most...

... Administration Information services At a time when some librarians may be uncertain of their role in the information future, this revised collection of essays is timely. Michael Gorman and his fellow contributors remind readers of the technical core of librarians′ activities ‐‐ what they are, why they do...

... material as a public good were obviously not concerned about the material which had been sent to these countries, probably hoping or presuming that material which is urgently needed will somehow, and in any case easily, meet its user. Although the administration of libraries in the former Soviet...