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Available in another form, Investing in human resource development : strategic planning for success in academic libraries / Jennine Knight -- The future of university research libraries : using scenarios to envision new organizations / Jon E. Cawthorne -- Senior librarians perceptions of successful leadership skills / Denise Kwan, Libi Shen -- Emerging information literacy in a community college ESL and library learning community / David J. Patterson -- New trends that define the 21st-century library / Peter Gisolfi

Print version: Advances in library administration and organization. Volume 29, Introduction / Delmus E. Williams -- Public libraries in transition from 20th to 21st century models / Peter A. Gisolfi -- The impact of group interaction on shared cognition : an analysis of small group communication / Miriam Matteson -- Impact of technology on organizational change in public libraries : a qualitative study / Diane L. Velasquez -- A theatre scholar-artist prepares : information behavior of the theatre researcher / MaryBeth Meszaros -- Information literacy and flexible scheduling for elementary media centers / Susan Warner -- Negotiating normative institutional pressures and maintaining legitimacy in a complex work environment : a multiple case study of three academic cataloging units / Gretchen L. Hoffman

Print version: Advances in library administration and organization. Volume 24

Print version, A critical analysis of the discourse on academic libraries as learning places / Catherine Closet-Crane -- The rural public library as place : a theoretical analysis / Linda R. Most -- A framework for institutional repository development / Jennifer Campbell-Meier -- Interagency cooperation in juvenile detention center library services : an introduction to the issues / Jennifer K. Sweeney -- Perceptions of school library media specialists regarding the practice of instructional leadership / Virginia D. Martin -- The perceptions of high school teachers on the roles and responsibilities of library media specialists / Kelli Steverson Ragle

Includes index

Print version: Advances in library administration and organization. Vol. 23, Cover -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Theories in Practice: Theory functions and Diffusion of Innovation -- Introduction -- The Diffusion of Innovations -- Theories and Truth -- The Commodification of Justification -- Citations as Boundary Objects -- Micro-Level Citation -- Meso-Level Citation -- Macro-Level Citation -- The Theories -- Methodology -- The Functions of Theories -- Functions of Acknowledgement -- Functions of Analysis -- Functions of Application -- Functions of Assimilation -- The Theory Functions Model -- Applicability -- Constructivity -- Connectivity -- Generativity -- Accessibility -- The Theory Functions Model and Communities of Practice -- References -- Leadership and Change: An Intellectual Journey -- Bridge 1: Learning to Appreciate the Distinct Characteristics of Higher Education -- Bridge 2: Increasing Knowledge about Educational Research: Design and Data -- Bridge 3: Developing Informed Sensitivity to Socio-Political Relationships -- Interpersonal Relationships and the Theory of Social Cognition -- Interpersonal Relationships Translated through Socio-Political Theory -- Bridge 4: Developing a Personal Context-Based Model of Change -- Tsoukas and Chia's Theory of Change -- Model of Change for the Progress Report -- Bridge 5: Striving for Flexibility and Creativity -- Bridge 6: Learning to Balance Ethical Leadership and Followership -- Ethical Priorities -- Leadership/Followership -- Conclusion -- References -- Counting Performance: Perceptions and Resources of Performance Assessment in Florida Public Libraries -- Introduction -- Statement of Problem -- Overarching Questions -- Limitations and Assumptions -- Definition of Terms -- Review of the Literature -- Overview of Performance Measurement -- Overview of the Literature of Public Library Performance Measurement -- History, Development, and use of Public Library Performance Measurement -- Study Methodology -- Questionnaire and Survey Design -- General Survey Analysis -- General Findings -- Analysis of Resource usage Questions -- Correlation Findings -- Correlation of Demographic Factors -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- Implications for Practice -- Implications for Research -- Recommendations for Future Research -- Conclusion -- References -- Further Reading -- Appendix: Florida Public Library Performance Measurement Study -- Contracting Public Library Management to Private Vendors: The New Public Management Model -- Introduction -- The use of Outsourcing for Public Library Management -- The Concept of Administrative Accountability in Public Administration -- Methodology -- Why Libraries have Outsourced their Management -- Intergovernmental Library Service Contract Dispute -- Inability to Attract Qualified Candidates for the Director Position -- Dissatisfaction with the Director's Performance and Professional Knowledge -- Conclusion -- References -- Career Development Directions for the Public Library Middle Level Manager -- Introduction -- The Problem Statement -- Purpose and Significance of the Study -- Limitations of the Study -- Research Questions -- Literature Review -- Career Paths of Major Library Directors -- Career Strategies Impacting Career Success -- Context to Middle Level Public Library Managers

Print version: Williams, Delmus E. ; Advances in library administration and organization, Librarians and the complexity of individual and organizational change : case study findings of an emergent research library / Donald L. Gilstrap -- Why librarianship? : an exploration of the motivations of ethnic minorities to choose library and information science as a career / Lisa K. Hussey -- An unrelenting need for training / Barbara J. Stites -- Library faculty and collective bargaining : an exploration / Stephen H. Aby -- Work in motion/assessment at rest : an attitudinal study of academic reference librarians a case study at mid-size university (MSU A) / Bella Karr Gerlich -- An exploratory case study of leadership for organizational agility in a consortium of small private college libraries / Jean K. Mulhern -- Consortia activity in academic libraries : anti-competitive or in the public good? / Catherine Maskell -- Introduction / Delmus E. Williams

Print version, Bricks, mortar, and control : a multicase examination of the public library as organization space / Matthew R. Griffis -- Framing of academic libraries' roles in the strategic documents of universities : a map of factors and agents / Simona Petraityte -- Academic libraries and open access strategies / C. Sean Burns -- The language of academic librarianship : the discourse of promotion and tenure / Mary K. Bolin -- Merging large and complex library organizations / Anthony Molaro, Includes index

Print version: Graves, William ; Advances in Library Administration and Organization, 27, Introduction / William Graves, James M. Nyce. Two steps forward, one step back : ideological and historical aspects of library and information science education in independent Ukraine / Maria Haigh. From the old-fashioned library to the public library : changes in the cultural functions of Polish academic libraries / Miroslaw Gorny. Acceptance of social marketing concepts by selected Romanian librarians : culture and context / Hermina G.B. Anghelescu, James Lukenbill, W. Bernard Lukenbill, Irene Owens. Implementing organizational change in the regional public library in Prishtina, Kosovo / Svetlana Breca. Libraries and ecology in post-soviet Russia / Ellen M. Knutson. Internet as an information resource in Eurasia / Mark Skogen, Myles G. Smith. Why study up? : the elite appropriation of science, institution, and tourism as a development agenda in Maramures, Romania / Catherine Closet-Crane, Susan Dopp, Jacqueline Solis, James M. Nyce. The library in a multiethnic urban environment : the experience of the department of national literatures of the Russian national library (Saint Petersburg) / Aleksei S. Asvaturov, Dmitry K. Ravinskiy. Bulgarian librarianship : surviving change through international cooperation / Tatiana Nikolova-Houston. Digital libraries need digital librarians / Zsuzsanna Toszegi. Libraries and librarianship in Czech Republic / Stanley Kalkus, Title from PDF title page (viewed Jan. 22, 2010)