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What Academic Librarians Should Know About Creative Thinking, John Olson

Librarian Publications

Librarians need to explore their individual creativity. Creative thinking is an underutilized problem-solving skill that can be learned and applied to any situation. This article explains how librarians can understand, develop, and use their creative thinking abilities and skills in the workplace.

Inside Pandora's Box-Navigating Permanent "White-Water" Of Organizational Change, Richard M. Dougherty, Jack G. Montgomery

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Digital Science: Electronic Association And Groupware In Facilitating Third Sector Research, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

In thinking about the application of computers and the internet technology to problems of association, collaboration and civil society we need to get beyond the current state of mimicking existing social processes and discover new ways to extend and enhance those social processes.

Information Outlook, December 1997, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 1997

Volume 1, Issue 12

Waiting For The Electrician Or Someone Like Him: Client-Centered Technical Services, Mary K. Bolin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Academics are being admonished to be "client-centered"--generally used to mean consumer or customer-oriented. This paper looks at the origins of "client-centeredness" in mental health care, and explores the idea of "client-centered" academic institutions, specifically the technical services functions of academic libraries. Philosophical and practical recommendations for a client-centered technical services operation conclude the paper.

Lanthorn, Vol. 31, No. 17, January 9, 1997, Grand Valley State University

Volume 31, July 18, 1996 - April 17, 1997

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Special Libraries, Spring 1996, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1996

Volume 87, Issue 2

The Effect Of An Integrated Library Computer System On Job Characteristics In Public Libraries, Richard J. Harris

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Management

This study investigated the effects of computerization with an integrated library system (ILS) on job characteristics in public libraries.

Two different but complementary research design components were used. One component consisted of a case study of the Norfolk (Virginia) Public Library, where an ILS was implemented between 1988 and 1995. The case study relied on data from interviews, archival sources, and questionnaires. The other component was a mail survey of public library workers across Virginia.

Case study interview data was analyzed by coding. Time series analysis was used to examine trends in budget and staffing. Pattern matching logic was used …

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Profile And The Organization, Kent Hendrickson, Joan Giesecke

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

In this article, we describe how we have used MBTI effectively in our organization as a way to understand the overall "personality" of the organization. We also discuss the implications of this profile for managing the organization to achieve organizational goals.

Recognizing And Managing Multiple Organizational Approaches, Joan Giesecke

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Organizational theory today includes a number of analytical models which provide descriptions of how organizations function as well as prescriptions as to how organizations should function. Five organizational models seem particularly appropriate to academic libraries. The rational model describes organizations as value- maximizing units which are task oriented. The political bargaining model views organizations as arenas for conflict and bargaining where participants form coalitions and interest groups to achieve their own ends. The garbage can model views the organization as a chaotic mess where independent actors pursue individual, yet changing goals and decisions are mostly a function of timing. The …

Special Libraries, Winter 1994, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1994

Volume 85, Issue 1

Volume 13, Number 1, March 1993 Olac Newsletter, Sue Neumeister, Johanne Lagrange, Barbara Vaughan, Verna Urbanski

OLAC Newsletters

Digitized March 1993 issue of the OLAC Newsletter.

Southeastern Law Librarian Spring 1992, Seaall

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Letter To Ebba Jo Sexton Concerning Aall Newsletter Article On The Seaall Institute, February 3, 1992, James Duggan

Newsletter and Public Relations Committee

A letter from James Duggan to Ebba Jo Sexton with a copy of an article entitled "SEAALL Institute in Georgia" which appeared in the March 1992 edition of the AALL Newsletter.

Letter To James Duggan With Copy For The Aall Newsletter, January 29, 1992, Ebba Jo Sexton

Newsletter and Public Relations Committee

A letter from Ebba Jo Sexton to James Duggan including copy for the AALL Newsletter.

Letter To Ebba Jo Sexton Regarding The Seaall Annual Meeting, January 22, 1992, Mary Cross

Correspondence

A letter from Mary Cross to Ebba Jo Sexton providing details and materials regarding the SEAALL Annual Meeting.

Draft Letters To Library School Deans, 1992, Ebba Jo Sexton

Newsletter and Public Relations Committee

Drafts of letters to Library School Deans to be sent by members of the Publicity and Public Relations Committee.

Southeastern Law Librarian Fall 1991, Seaall

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Southeastern Law Librarian Winter 1991, Seaall

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 015, Number 18, December 3, 1990, Grand Valley State University

1990-1991, Volume 15

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Moving Into Management From The Outside, Lynn Wishart

Library Staff Articles

When accepting a promotion from outside the organization, the new manager must understand what is being given up and left behind, and must also realize clearly what expectations the new library holds. In the new position, the outside manager must articulate goals and find common ground with supervisors and subordinates. The take-charge period should be used for judicious decision making and intense learning.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 013, Number 37, June 5, 1989, Grand Valley State University

1988-1989, Volume 13

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

College Library Friends Groups In New York, New Jersey, And Connecticut, Janet Munch

Publications and Research

Friends of the Library groups are largely undocumented in the professional literature at non doctoral-granting colleges and universities. Through a survey of Friends activities at colleges and universities in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, this study fills a gap in knowledge about these groups.

Lanthorn, Vol. 23, No. 01, May 4, 1988, Grand Valley State University

Volume 23, May 4, 1988 - May 31, 1989

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Short Subjects: Archives And Records Management In The Federal Government: The Post-Gsa Context, Linda Vee Pruitt

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

On 19 October 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed the National Archives and Records Administration Act of 1984, separating the National Archives from the General Services Administration (GSA) and reestablishing the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) as an independent agency. This legislation attempted to resolve the two long-standing dilemmas: the relationship of archives and records management in the federal government and the placement of the National Archives within GSA.

Academic Library Services: The Literature Of Innovation, Jo Bell Whitlatch, Judy Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Innovation has the potential for increasing the effectiveness of information service. As a result of this interest in innovation, organizational theorists have begun to explore the effect of organizational design upon flexibility, creativity, and productivity of organizations. A review of existing literature, however, provides no comprehensive theory of organizational innovation. Research on organizational design and innovation in libraries could contribute to the systematic study of the impact of organization structure . Studies by Howard and Luquire indicate that traditional library organizations may inhibit change as well as the reexamination of values and service. Further study is needed to determine how …

Southeastern Law Librarian November 1982, Seaall

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Annual Report 1980-1982, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Annual Reports: 1943 - Present

The file contains the annual report for the library from 1980-1982.

Management And Staff Development: Carl Workshop Proceedings, Jo Bell Whitlatch, Celia Bakke, Judy Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Staff development is a relatively new addition to the traditional responsibilities of managers. Managers have always been concerned about production and quality of product but not so formally about staff development responsibilities. Library workers themselves did not have all of the expectations about being developed on the job. The workshop theme also touches on such issues as the professional role, collective bargaining, and the effects of new and rapid developments in library technology upon management.

Books Recently Acquired With The Support Of The Library Associates, Syracuse University

The Courier

This article details the purchases of books that Syracuse University acquired for its library in 1981. Some notable additions were a 32-volume set on architect Le Corbusier, the poet Marguerite Yourcenar, and lithographs.