Library Management: Volume 24 Issue 4/5

Contracting out of a public library service: business to be, or not to be?

Keith Harrington

Evaluates a proposal by Invercargill City Council to contract out the Invercargill City Libraries to, initially, the present library manager. The reasoning of a move from the…

Public relations for a university library: a marketing programme is born

Chris Neuhaus, Kent Snowden

In 1999 a library marketing committee was created on the University of Northern Iowa campus. The aim of this committee was to heighten administrator, faculty and student awareness…

Preservation management in private subscription libraries in the United Kingdom

Kirsty Fenn, Adrienne Muir

Presents case studies of preservation management policies and practice in six independent libraries. The nature of the library buildings, collections, finance and management…

Challenges facing information literacy efforts in Kenya: a case study of selected university libraries in Kenya

Joseph Muema Kavulya

The ability to access, evaluate and use information is a prerequisite for lifelong learning, and a basic requirement for the information society. At the university level, students…

Putting the pieces together: information literacy at The Open University

Jo Parker

Describes a combined approach to delivering information literacy skills at The Open University Library. Outlines the aims of the newly formed Information Literacy Unit, and…

Librarians wanted: a staff development program designed to solve recruiting woes

Debra Engel, Jie Huang, Fred Reiss

The University of Oklahoma Libraries (Norman, Oklahoma, USA) recently launched a staff development strategy to recruit new librarians by promoting staff currently enrolled in a…

Costs and benefits of interim managerial assignments in an academic library

Sandra J. Weingart

Examines several interim managerial appointments at Utah State University Libraries during the period 2000‐2002. Standard practices as illustrated in the literature of…

Job sharing in academic libraries at the senior management level: experiences of job sharing at deputy and director level

Jackie Brocklebank, Heather Whitehouse

Describes the practical experiences of job sharing at deputy and director level in an academic library. Details of applying as a job share are given, how the job is organised…

Management musings 12: top dogs need not be fat cats

Maurice B. Line

Considers the issue of salary increases for top executives. Discusses this in the library sector and assesses that the desire for money is not always a bad motivator. However, it…

Continuing professional development and workplace learning 3. Sharing skills: a case study in staff development

Val King

Describes an innovative programme designed to learn or improve skills – The Sharing Museum Skills Award – which was later extended to the archives and libraries sector. Funding…