... about. Elements we considered uncertain or unknowable. Pete Maggs can be contacted at: Pete.Maggs@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Libraries Change management United Kingdom Organisational change Universities Scenario planning Restructuring Communication...

... Libraries NI Leadership United Kingdom The purpose of this study was to investigate the awareness, perceptions and experiences of the emotionally intelligent leadership skills needed by public library managers within a context of organisational change. The study population was branch managers...

... (and sustainable) solution to manage their gigantic and ever‐growing print holdings, especially when space is getting scarce and resources are becoming less available. Collection management Shared services De‐duplication Higher education United Kingdom Among UKRR members and the BL, we seek...

... study. The study focuses on perception of service benefit as well as practical issues of access and so can be of value to hospital library managers in their aim of achieving or endorsing a role within the core hospital ethos. Non‐user perceptions Hospital libraries United Kingdom Stakeholder...

... management Librarians United Kingdom Electronic resources Digital libraries In Collection Development in the Digital Age, the editors present a comprehensive examination of the collection development challenges facing librarians today. They write, “At the core of this book is a desire...

...). There is an urgent need for concrete evidence now on exactly how school libraries and librarians do – or don't – add value to pupils' educational, social and developmental wellbeing within the United Kingdom context. We are at a point of significant redevelopment of school curricula in both primary and secondary...

... librarians and teachers . London, UK : Facet Publishing   2012 . 192 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1856047616   £49.95, paperback © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> United Kingdom Librarian Teachers Reference services Digital libraries Electronic media National curriculum Internet...

.... Key to this framework would be the development of a consistent approach to measuring satisfaction across the whole service. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Super‐convergence Quality Performance measurement (quality) University libraries United Kingdom Converged...

... the resulting reports in order to provide an overview of the current situation. Ebrary has produced reports relating to the various players in the ebook scenario: ebooks ejournals e‐resources Libraries Library suppliers United Kingdom United States of America 2007 Global Librarian ebook...

... libraries. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 […] consumer's perception of the offering – how it performs, how it looks, how it makes one feel, what message it sends (Rayport and Jaworski, 2001 cited in Walton, 2008, p. 771). United Kingdom Public libraries Brands Marketing...

... views as to what a librarian's responsibilities should be. Originality/value There has been no previous study of this topic in the UK. United Kingdom Secondary schools Librarians Responsibilities Principals There has been much discussion in the literature of the role of secondary...

.... Originality/value The paper shows that there are implications for all subjects and all levels of achievement at the university. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Usage Academic libraries Undergraduates Library users Learning United Kingdom Huddersfield University, situated...

...). However, terms have changed. Analysts nowadays prefer the term process modelling rather than mapping or flowcharting. Dina Tbaishat can be contacted at: d_tbaishat@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Process management Academic libraries United Kingdom Jordan Modelling...

...Ken Haycock David   McMenemy . The Public Library . London : Facet Publishing   2009 . xvi+291 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐616‐9 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Public libraries United Kingdom Designed as an introductory text on the development...

... management United Kingdom Uncertainty is viewed as being of strategic concern across many areas of human endeavour: utility industries (Bodde, 2007a, b), the manufacturing sector (Koh et al., 2005) and in disaster management (Moynihan, 2008). A key feature of uncertainty is that is multi...

...) and the New Media Consortium and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (2007) are available which bring together these various trends and explore their implications University libraries Library management Australia United Kingdom Middle managers Wide variations in organisational structure were...

... Public libraries General management Leadership Training Human resource management United Kingdom In recent years, the leadership of public libraries has come to the forefront of the sector's strategic development and debate surrounding the future direction of the national public library...

... development United Kingdom I was very keen to read Your Career, Your Life as it is the first career‐planning book I have seen that focuses solely on the information professional. However rather than finding a book that showcases all of the different career options that are open to me, I found...

... Divisions of LCLIS and played a significant part in the gradual devolving from LISU to LCLIS of responsibility for innovation. © Company 2008 Evidence‐based practice Librarianship Culture Public libraries United Kingdom In 2002 Lancashire County Library and Information Service...

... Higher education Further education United Kingdom Africa Librarians in higher education with responsibility for a particular discipline or subject area are the primary focus of this book. The contributors are mainly librarians from the United Kingdom where subject librarians may also be called...