TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mason, Marilyn Gell,
TI  - Strategic Management: For today's libraries
SN  - 9788170005872
U1  - 025.1 23
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Chicago, USA : 
PB  - American Library Association, 
KW  - Library administration -- United States.
KW  - Libraries and society -- United States.
KW  - Strategic planning -- United States
N1  - 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
N2  - 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.
ER  -