Strategic Management :
Mason, Marilyn Gell,
Strategic Management : For today's libraries/ Marilyn Gell Mason. - 1st Indian Imprint. - Chicago, USA : American Library Association, 2010. - v+146p.: ill.; 25 cm.
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pt. I. Trend Analysis. 1. Trends Challenging the Library: Technological, Economic, Social, Political. 2. The Future of the Public Library. 3. The Future Revisited -- pt. II. Political Context. 4. The Politics of Cooperation 5. The Politics of Information. 6. The Fortune Cookie: Socio-Political Impact of Information Technology. 7. Washington Update. 8. Politics and the Public Library: A Management Guide pt. III. Innovation. 9. Managing Innovation -- pt. IV. Economic Issues. 10. User Fees I: The Economic Argument. 11. User Fees II: The Library Response pt. V. The Impact of Technology. 12. Library Automation: The Next Wave. 13. Sex, Kids, and the Public Library. 14. Reference Revolutions. -- 15. Educational Programming in the Digital Era. 16. The Yin and Yang of Knowing pt. VI. Literacy. 17. Libraries, Literacy, and the Future -- pt. VII. What "Global" Means for Libraries. 18. Is There a Global Role for Metropolitan City Libraries? -- pt. VIII. The Library of Congress. 19. More than a Library for Congress: Making LC the Nation's Library -- pt. IX. Personal Style.
20. Five Women pt. X. Measuring Success.
The author of this text outlines the different forces affecting libraries and explains how and why librarians must manage external changes just as they manage internal resources. Among the factors are: the political context; economic issues; the impact of technology; and intellectual freedom.
9788170005872 0838907571 9780838907573
Library administration -- United States.
Libraries and society -- United States.
Strategic planning -- United States.
025.1 / MAS
Strategic Management : For today's libraries/ Marilyn Gell Mason. - 1st Indian Imprint. - Chicago, USA : American Library Association, 2010. - v+146p.: ill.; 25 cm.
HB
pt. I. Trend Analysis. 1. Trends Challenging the Library: Technological, Economic, Social, Political. 2. The Future of the Public Library. 3. The Future Revisited -- pt. II. Political Context. 4. The Politics of Cooperation 5. The Politics of Information. 6. The Fortune Cookie: Socio-Political Impact of Information Technology. 7. Washington Update. 8. Politics and the Public Library: A Management Guide pt. III. Innovation. 9. Managing Innovation -- pt. IV. Economic Issues. 10. User Fees I: The Economic Argument. 11. User Fees II: The Library Response pt. V. The Impact of Technology. 12. Library Automation: The Next Wave. 13. Sex, Kids, and the Public Library. 14. Reference Revolutions. -- 15. Educational Programming in the Digital Era. 16. The Yin and Yang of Knowing pt. VI. Literacy. 17. Libraries, Literacy, and the Future -- pt. VII. What "Global" Means for Libraries. 18. Is There a Global Role for Metropolitan City Libraries? -- pt. VIII. The Library of Congress. 19. More than a Library for Congress: Making LC the Nation's Library -- pt. IX. Personal Style.
20. Five Women pt. X. Measuring Success.
The author of this text outlines the different forces affecting libraries and explains how and why librarians must manage external changes just as they manage internal resources. Among the factors are: the political context; economic issues; the impact of technology; and intellectual freedom.
9788170005872 0838907571 9780838907573
Library administration -- United States.
Libraries and society -- United States.
Strategic planning -- United States.
025.1 / MAS