Catalysts for change managing libraries in the 1990s

• Other Authors: Cargill, Jennifer S, Von Dran, Gisela M
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Haworth Press 1993
• Subjects: Library administration > United States
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• Item Description: "Has also been published as Journal of library administration, volume 18, numbers 3/4 1993"--T.p. verso
• Physical Description: 198 pages illustration 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781560245162

Learn more about innovative management techniques library administrators can use to adapt to the rapidly changing information environment. Catalysts for Change features the perspectives of library practitioners as well as other higher education professionals on using innovative management techniques. The book includes practical discussions of Total Quality Management, team management, the impact of gender differences, managing an older work force, and educational needs for the 1990s. Librarians will find these techniques and solutions helpful for dealing with change. They will benefit from the case studies and practical overview from professionals who have already experienced change in their own libraries. Through this valuable book, library administrators will find the best methods for adapting management strategies to the major political upheaval, economic reprioritizing, and organizational restructuring that has been characteristic of this decade. Some of the important topics covered by the contributors include: