Library Management in the Information Technology Environment Issues, Policies, and Practice for Administrators

• Main Author: Hobrock, Brice G. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Haworth Press 1992
• Subjects: Library administration > Management; Libraries > Automation > Management; Information technology > Management > Management
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 This book equips library managers in all types of libraries to make the administrative changes necessary to deal with new information technologies. Despite financial difficulties due to inflation and declining budgets, electronic/optical information formats and the hardware and software to support them are a reality for many libraries. Libraries are designing and implementing prototypes of the "electronic library" and are introducing new technologies as a growing adjunct to traditional text formats and services. Library Management in the Technology Environment helps library directors and middle managers make necessary administrative adjustments to the new technological information culture. Chapters in this resource that deal with issues not easily grasped by noncomputing specialists are distilled to basic components, making them easy for busy managers to comprehend and immediately useful to library administrators.