Library Management: Volume 16 Issue 4

Value in library and information management: a review

Tom Whitehall

Explains and defends the relevance of economic analysis to libraryand information management: to supply information useful forjustification and in making decisions about the…

Working towards the British Library′s strategic objectives for the year 2000

Andy Stephens

In May 1993, the British Library published For Scholarship,Research and Innovation, its statement of strategic objectives forthe year 2000. Describes the background to this, its…

The role of information in disaster planning: a case study approach

Julie Riley, Jack Meadows

Most agencies involved in dealing with the aftermath of majordisasters recognize that reacting effectively involves, among otherthings, the collection and provision of accurate…

First impressions: the power of personal style

Eleri Sampson

Discusses how to replace negative perceptions of librarians withpositive ones. Asks key questions about personal style at work: how do Icome across? How do I behave? How do I…

Investing in public library people

Anne Goulding

Training and development issues are moving up the managementagenda. Draws on the data from a recent investigation into publiclibrary staff. Examines the pressures which are…

The library is for turning: human resource management and re‐engineering

Marigold Cleeve

Provides a framework for handling the process of change in alibrary, with particular emphasis on human resource management.Interprets how people react during a process of…