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The Devaluation Of The Library Degree_Konata.Pdf, La Loria Konata
The Devaluation Of The Library Degree_Konata.Pdf, La Loria Konata
La Loria Konata
Reinventing Libraries For The Next Generation Of Library Users, La Loria Konata
Reinventing Libraries For The Next Generation Of Library Users, La Loria Konata
La Loria Konata
The article calls for the need to reinvent libraries for the next generation of library users. It stresses the value of being able to provide customer satisfaction, building and maintaining loyalty as well as resolving customer complaints so as to compete with other libraries. It also points out the importance of branding as a marketing strategy and encourages libraries to adhere to the liaison model or subject specialist model in providing specialized service. Also suggested are steps for marketing library services.
Connecting Diversity To Management: Further Insights, La Loria Konata, Tim Zou
Connecting Diversity To Management: Further Insights, La Loria Konata, Tim Zou
La Loria Konata
It has long been noted that libraries need more diversity in the professional ranks. This situation is now critical with baby boomers soon to retire leaving millennials, who are more racially and ethnically diverse, as the next majority population. The profession will need to recruit a more significant number of millennials to the profession if libraries are to resemble the communities they serve. To get an idea of the current status of management diversity in libraries, managers/supervisors of ARL libraries-in states that contain the highest number of minorities in population-were randomly selected for a survey. Participants in ARL's LCDP were …
How To Identify And Cope With A Narcissist In Your Library.Pdf, La Loria Konata
How To Identify And Cope With A Narcissist In Your Library.Pdf, La Loria Konata
La Loria Konata
Meeting An Unmet Need: Extending The Learning Commons Concept Through On-Campus Partnerships And Branding, La Loria Konata
Meeting An Unmet Need: Extending The Learning Commons Concept Through On-Campus Partnerships And Branding, La Loria Konata
La Loria Konata
In 2007, a 23 million dollar renovation project was completed on the Georgia State University Library. A result of this “transformation” project was the Learning Commons space and the Learning Commons Department. The Learning Commons Department was born to serve undergraduates as the Liaison Department primarily served graduate students. A year later, the Learning Commons space has been quite successful –computer use is at a premium and students seem to enjoy the group study rooms. The only thing missing was the integration of the Learning Commons department into the academic and cultural life of the Georgia State University undergraduate experience. …
Reinventing Libraries For Next Generation Of Library Users, La Loria Konata
Reinventing Libraries For Next Generation Of Library Users, La Loria Konata
La Loria Konata
Libraries have reinvented themselves to remain relevant in the 21st Century. During the early 1990s voters pushed towards “reinventing government.” Like governments in the 1990s, libraries are operating in a new environment and community that forces them to advocate their own relevancy against competitors and attract millennials as the next generation of library users. This paper examines how libraries are “reinventing” themselves and discusses key business management principles libraries must adopt to compete in a more diverse and abundant information environment.
Connecting Diversity To Management: A Study Of Career Development Patterns Of Library Managers In Selected Arl Member Libraries And Arl Lcdp Participants, La Loria Konata, Tim Zou
Connecting Diversity To Management: A Study Of Career Development Patterns Of Library Managers In Selected Arl Member Libraries And Arl Lcdp Participants, La Loria Konata, Tim Zou
La Loria Konata
This study focuses on diversity in library management. The impetus for our study is based on Thomas and Ely’s Paradigms for Managing Diversity. The first paradigm addresses the “discrimination-and-fairness” issues in business management and measures success in diversity initiatives in terms of how well a company does in recruitment and retention of minority employees. This paradigm aims to increase the number of minorities employed and correct any discrimination and unfairness in the hiring and promotion process. The Spectrum Scholars Initiative is a good example of this. The second paradigm focuses on the aspects of “access-and-legitimacy” of workforce diversity. Employees are …
Transition To A Liaison Model: Teaching Faculty And Librarian Perceptions, La Loria Konata, Lyn Thaxton
Transition To A Liaison Model: Teaching Faculty And Librarian Perceptions, La Loria Konata, Lyn Thaxton
La Loria Konata
Georgia State University is a culturally diverse urban institution in downtown Atlanta, with a full-time equivalent enrollment of approximately 15,000. At the heart of this urban and culturally diverse institution is the GSU Pullen Library. The library established a separate collection development department, with several subject bibliographers in the 1970s. When a new university librarian began work in October 1997, each of the five bibliographers dealt with broad subject areas, such as business and science/health science. The bibliographers worked with departmental faculty representatives, also called book chairs, to determine what was needed in the library. Another group of ten librarians …