Library Management: Volume 20 Issue 1

Maurice’s management maxims

Maurice B. Line

Brings together the management maxims of Maurice Line, which offer words of wisdom for managers.

Setting up a subject directory of Web sites: a case study of Management Link

Andrea Griffiths

As the volume of publishing on the Internet grows, there is a need to provide better access to management resources on the World Wide Web. This article describes how information…

Information provision services in South Africa: a comparative study

Bertha Jantine Mostert

Information provision services to the general public have, since their inception in South Africa, been biased towards the white minority in the community. In reaction to the…

Developing a method for assessing preservation needs in libraries

Paul Eden, Nancy Bell, Naomi Dungworth, Graham Matthews

Describes the development and testing of a standard assessment method for the preservation needs of paper‐based and photographic materials (including microforms) in libraries…

Conflict and stress in times of change

Mary Pelzer Hudson

In recent years, staff members in many libraries have struggled to adjust to an accelerating rate of change. Researchers and observers have noted increasing levels of stress and…

Job satisfaction and publication output among librarians in Nigerian universities

U.S. Edem, Olu Olat Lawal

Survey data were used to determine the influence of job satisfaction on the publication output of librarians in Nigerian universities. A stratified random sampling method was used…