Advances in library administration and organization. Vol. 24

• Other Authors: Nyce, James M., Williams, Delmus Eugene, Garten, Edward D.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2006.
• Series: Advances in library administration and organization,
• Subjects: Medical > General.; Reference > General.; Library, archive & information management.; Library administration.

This volume includes a series of papers designed to help administrators meet the challenges of running organizations in an ambiguous climate. All of the articles address real management problems from a research perspective. The volume leads with a bibliometric study designed to help us understand th...

Table of Contents:

• Understanding the development of disciplines and the ways they contribute to knowledge and reflect practice : an analysis of articles published in higher education and library and information science / K. Brock Enger
• Academic librarians' views of the chair's professional development role / Dana W.R. Boden
• Mentoring revisited / Deonie Botha
• The work process of research librarians, elicited via the abstraction-decomposition space / Kevin J. Simons, Marvin J. Dainoff, Leonard S. Mark
• Library management education and reality : a clearer connection / Rich Gazan
• Innovative library programs for the Hispanic population : opportunities for the public library administrator / Anna Marie Guerra
• Landscapes of information and consumption : a location analysis of public libraries in Calcutta / Zohra Calcuttawala
• Regaining place / Charles B. Osburn
• Interactive service and professional culture : academic reference librarians in an emerging context / Paula R. Dempsey
• Introduction / Delmus E. Williams.