Library Trends articles from June 1994

Library Trends archives from June 1994

Directors of large libraries: roles, functions, and activities. (The Library Director)
June 22, 1994... THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE CURRENT experience and trends in the roles, functions, and activities of today's directors of large libraries or library systems. Directors assume an extensive range of complex responsibilities in their unique...

The road to success. (The Library Director)
June 22, 1994... Do MANAGEMENT COURSES in schools of library and information studies provide the necessary knowledge for born leaders to become great managers? What makes a good leader has recently been a hot topic in the literature. The conclusions reached...

Terms for academic library directors. (The Library Director)
June 22, 1994... IN 1973, ARTHUR MCANALLY AND ROBERT DOWNS authored a seminal article on the changing role of the university library director. This article takes a look at McAnally and Downs's findings twenty years later to determine whether the changes...

Leadership in the post-hierarchical library. (The Library Director)
June 22, 1994... THE POST-HIERARCHICAL LIBRARY IS A flattened organization, unlimited by the traditional hierarchy, antibureaucratic, with empowered cross-functional teams, fewer people, constant learning, and redefined and re-engineered work processes...

Public library directors: hierarchical roles and proximity to power. (The Library Director)
June 22, 1994... ACCESS TO POWER AND RECOGNITION of the drifts and currents of political life represent the greatest challenge to positioning for the library and its leader. Clear vision is vital to successfully navigate a multitude of constituencies and...

Mission-oriented management: librarian-trained directors in nonlibrary settings. (The Library Director)
June 22, 1994... ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS, GOALS, AND required skills of librariantrained managers who choose careers in nonlibrary, but libraryrelated, settings different from those of directors of libraries? This question will be explored by executives from...

A generalist in the age of specialists: a profile of the one-person library director. (The Library Director)
June 22, 1994... THIS STUDY FOCUSES on defining the role of the one-person library director in public, academic, and special libraries. Some literature exists on the management of one-person libraries, but little research exists on the directors themselves. A...

In praise of acting and permanent library directors and their symbiosis: a dialogue. (The Library Director)
June 22, 1994... A LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND A university professor of English, who has also served as acting director of the library, engage in a dialogue about the role of the interim or acting director. While they bring quite different perspectives to the...