Advances in library administration and organization. Vol. 31

• Other Authors: Williams, Delmus Eugene, Golden, Janine
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2012.
• Series: Advances in library administration and organization,
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines > Library & Information Science > Administration & Management*.; Language Arts & Disciplines > Library & Information Science > General.; Business & Economics > Information Management.; Library & information sciences.; Library, archive & information management.; Library administration.

The work of a librarian can be transformational. The role of the dynamic librarian involves thinking of change management as an integral part of the way that libraries are expanding to include unexpected challenges, services that might not be considered part of their portfolio and approaches to thei...

Table of Contents:

• A structural contingency theory model of library and technology partnerships within an academic library information commons / Cameron K. Tuai
• The adoption of virtual media and virtual worlds by librarians / Valerie Hill
• Innovation and change : influences of pre-disaster library leadership in a post-disaster environment / Susan E. Parker
• Are academic and public head library administrators (HLAs) competitive? / Larry Nash White
• Perceptions of academic library development officers regarding their work in fund-raising / Michael Lorenzen.