Public Library Administrators Research Articles

Local Inquiry System for Public Library Administration in UK : A Case of Local Inquiry in Wirral

Local Inquiry System for Public Library Administration in UK : A Case of Local Inquiry in Wirral

How do public library administrators generate and evaluate ideas for new services? A proposed model based on evidence from Cuyahoga County Public Library

A library's ability to innovate remains crucial to its sustained success, yet our understanding of innovation at the library level is still underdeveloped. While we know that libraries (like most service providers) typically innovate through the adoption of technological and organizational innovations, few attempts have been made to conceptualize this process. After reviewing briefly the literature on innovation at the library level, this short paper reports on an exploratory case study of the generation and evaluation of new service ideas (i.e., service innovation's 'front end') by administrators at Cuyahoga County Public Library (CCPL) in Ohio, a public library renowned for its innovativeness. From this case study a working model is proposed and supported with examples.

Film and Media Studies and the Law of the DVD

3. E-mail from Rick Utley to Jan-Christopher Horak, October 3, 2005. See also email James J. Minno (Kodak) to Richard Utley (Protek), October 3, 2005, forwarded to J.C. Horak. 4. E-mail Allen D.I. Glass to FRAMEWORKS listserv, August 22, 2005. Other recent features shot on Super 16mm, then transferred to a digital interface: Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects (2005) and Da Penguins (2005). 5. Telephone interview with Walt Rose, Fotokem, October 5, 2005. 6. A film chain allowed for the transfer of films to electronic images for television broadcast by marrying a film projector to a video camera. The first film chains were probably constructed prior to 1930. 7. In 1974 the FBI raided the house of actor Roddy McDowell and confiscated his extremely large collection of bootlegged Hollywood movies. The actor cooperated with the FBI and was not charged. Soon after, the FBI, probably with the acquiescence of the Motion Picture Export Association and Jack Valenti, gave up actively investigating film collectors in order to concentrate on a much more serious threat to the industry's financial well-being, namely video piracy, 8. E-mail from Elena Rossi Snook to Jan-Christopher Horak, September 29, 2005. On the other hand, New York Public Library's administration may have little allegiance to 16mm collection in the face of declining circulation. For a good historical overview of 16mm collections in public libraries, see Elena Rossi-Snook: Persistence of Vision: Public Library 16mm Film Collections in America, in The Moving Image 5, no. 2 (Spring 2005) 1-26. 9. Telephone Interview: Annette Melville, Executive Director, National Film Preservation Foundation with Jan-Christopher Horak, September 29, 2005. 10. E-mail from Ross Lippman to Jan-Christopher Horak, October 2, 2005. 11. E-mail from Kenneth Weissman to Jan-Christopher Horak, October 4, 2005. 12. Telephone interview: Mark Toscano, Academy Film Archive, with Jan-Christopher Horak, September 29, 2005. 13. E-mail from Dominic Angerame to Frameworks listserv, August 21, 2005. 14. Telephone interview: Dominic Angerame with Jan-Christopher Horak, October 4, 2005.

Small libraries play the funding game, too

This article responds to the concern of small libraries that their size puts them at a disadvantage when it comes to advocating for public funds. By means of interviews with public library administrators and local government agents, it is shown that small libraries can be successful in local public funding when they use some of the same techniques of making themselves fundable that large libraries use. These are: emphasizing the dollar value of their activities to local government; taking into account local government agendas; involving the business community as spokespersons; and astutely managing library opposition. Research for the article is based in two states where local public funding has been notoriously weak, California and Pennsylvania. Libraries discussed (selected by convenient sampling) are in library service areas ranging in population from 9,278 (Borough of Carnegie, Pennsylvania) to 54,400 (San Rafael, California).

Outsourcing: a customer’s perspective on the process and the potential

Many public library administrators are being forced to look toward outsourcing as a way of securing critical support services. Begins with a description of the Charleston County Library’s use of cataloging outsourcing services, followed by an explanation of the various methods employed by vendors to transmit cataloging data to customers. There are practical suggestions for those considering an outsourcing arrangement, with solutions for offsetting the cataloging quality shortcomings inherent in some outsourcing practices. Concludes that with proper planning and vigilance, outsourcing can produce a quality product, one that will allow the technical‐services staff the time needed to construct a unified index for the library’s multifarious materials and information sources.

Who Plans and How? A Profile of One State's Public Libraries

A survey of public library administrators in North Carolina revealed that 85 per cent engage in either short or long range planning activities using both formal, written and informal, unwritten policies and procedures. Analysis of the results showed that approximately 58 per cent used the ALA/PLA manual, Planning and Roce Setting for Public Libraries, for suggested planning techniques. Capital budgeting, operational resource strategy, and provision of written long-term objectives for the library were reasons given for planning by the majority of respondents. Most administrators anticipated a need for systematic planning in the future, primarily because of the changing roles of the library in the community, and the increasing need for accountability

Personnel Management in Libraries

Few topics within the area of public library administration have generated as much print and speculation as the area of personnel evaluation. Over the past 20 years there has been increasing interest in evaluation tools with the resulting development of criteria for evaluating work performance in library settings. In this article, the author reviews the literature over the past several years in an effort to further define the proper role of employee evaluation and how it can improve public library service.

Future Trends in Public Library Administration

Les tendances en administration des bibliotheques publiques s'articulent autour des points cles de: planification, prevision, gestion participative, innovation, impact des technologies et s'inscrivent globalement dans l'environnement d'une societe post-industrielle entree dans l'âge de l'information

Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitudes

Jimmy Buffet didn't have public library administrators in mind when he sang of Changes in attitudes, changes in latitudes. His words do, however, describe the current state of reference/informati...

Telecommunications Delivery of Education: A Comparison with the Traditional Classroom

In 1982-83, two full semester classes in Public Library Administration were taught at the University of Wisconsin: (1) in the fall, using a traditional classroom setting on the Madison campus; and (2) in the spring, via the audio Educational Teleconferencing Network (ETN). Each class had an enrollment of 14 students, which allowed for ease in handling data. The course content and presentation were held constant; only the delivery system was allowed to vary. Pre-tests and post-tests were administered to both classes: (1) an objective test, including multiple-choice, true/false, and matching questions; and (2) self-assessment scales in the areas of library operations and library administration. The hypothesis tested was that there would be no significant difference in achievement between the two classes. Results of the study supported the hypothesis, indicating that the level of effectiveness of telecommunications delivery of education compares favorably with that of the classroom model.

Book Selection Policies for Public Libraries

This paper underlines the need for public library administrators to compile and publish ‘selection policy statements’ which will represent to the community what a given library's intentions are in the provision of resources, whilst acknowledging the difficulty of producing ‘an adequate book selection policy statement.’ The authors concede that many public libraries (including their own) have attempted the task, but that few have succeeded.

Women in Public Library Management

During the spring of 1977, a study was undertaken to analyze the administrative responsibilities, competencies and educational experiences of public library directors in the state of Illinois. Data gathered from the study was used to determine the educational and training needs of these directors so that continuing education opportunities could be planned accordingly. A further objective of the study was to discover if the responses of the women surveyed differ in a significant way from the men to see if their needs are in anyway separate or special. The intent here is to summarize those findings so as to provide a current profile of women in public library administration in the state of Illinois.

The Experience of Management: Case Studies in Public and Academic Library Administration. Kenneth R. Shaffer

Previous articleNext article No AccessReviewsThe Experience of Management: Case Studies in Public and Academic Library Administration. Kenneth R. Shaffer Frederick WezemanFrederick Wezeman Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Library Quarterly Volume 43, Number 4Oct., 1973Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Conference of the Graduate Library School, April 9-10, 1973. Management Education: Implications for Libraries and Library Schools Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/620194 Copyright 1973 University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Local Public Library Administration.

Previous articleNext article No AccessReviewsLocal Public Library Administration.Don KoeppDon Koepp Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Library Quarterly Volume 35, Number 2Apr., 1965 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/619330 Views: 1Total views on this site Copyright 1965 University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Public Library Law and Administration in California: A Review of Selected Problems. F. Patrick Henry

<i>Public Library Law and Administration in California: A Review of Selected Problems</i>. F. Patrick Henry

The Library World Volume 16 Issue 12

THE “power of the Press” is infinite in almost everything, and none the less in Public Library Administration. In addition to notices of important accessions to the Library, reports of library lectures, paragraphs on every happening with the object of keeping the institution constantly in the public eye the idea of contributing special “publicity” articles to the local newspapers may be worthy of general consideration.