... associations develop new strategies. Libraries Information organizations Learning Change management As the twenty‐first century unfolds, library and information associations are witnessing a sea change in the global community they represent. Students of library science are learning completely...

... at stephen.abram@sirsi.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Change management Libraries Information organizations Canada This is my 25th year since graduating from library school. In that time I have held about five primary positions in both libraries and vendors. I have assumed...

... associations have many lessons to offer into the future. Päivikki Karhula can be contacted at. paivikki.karhula@eduskunta.fi © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Libraries Information organizations Finland The role of library associations is very important in the present climate...

... in the library field. Niels Ole Pors can be contacted at: nope@db.dk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Libraries Information organizations Corporate strategy Denmark The objectives of this paper are twofold. First, the paper will give an overview of the topography of the central...

..., or those of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Libraries Professional associations Information organizations United Kingdom Judith Broady‐Preston can be contacted at: jbp@aber.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 1. Delineation of a professional skill/knowledge...

... sources. Claire M. Walker can be contacted at: walker.c@library.wits.ac.za © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Libraries Information organizations South Africa History In 1928, at the request of Mathew Stirling, the Librarian of Germiston, a small town near Johannesburg best...