Library Management: Volume 23 Issue 4/5

Managing academic and research libraries partnerships

USA academic libraries are rethinking their activities and repositioning themselves to take advantage of new opportunities to build partnerships with faculty members and campus…

Establishing successful partnerships with university support units

University libraries are creating new opportunities by establishing a variety of partnerships, extending the library’s services and programs through alliances, relationships, and…

External partnerships and academic libraries

External relationships are an important aspect of establishing academic library partnerships. This paper focuses on relationships between such libraries and various organisations…

Developments in academic library consortia from the 1960s through to 2000: a review of the literature

Traces the term “library consortium” as a form of co‐operation among libraries. Focuses on reasons for forming consortia and types, ranging from highly decentralised to highly…

Management issues of co‐operative ventures and consortia in the USA. Part one

Discusses the issues that arise in the management of co‐operative activities and consortia, and the different skill sets needed. It explores some of the theoretical and real…

What’s fair? Pricing models in the electronic era

Particular characteristics of electronic resources allows information in this format to be used more widely and shared. Library consortia exist to help their members to obtain…

A review of consortia building among university libraries in Africa

Discusses evolving trends in library consortia building against the backdrop of recent developments in some African countries. The expected benefits and barriers to consortia…

Management issues in library networking: focus on a pilot library networking project in Ghana

Discusses the management issues involved in library networking, using GILLDDNET, the DANIDA/IFLA sponsored Ghana Interlibrary Lending and Document Delivery Trial Project as a…

Management musings 7: no‐one will tell bosses what they are like

Discusses the relationship between managers and their staff, focussing on the way in which the staff perceive their manager’s style. Stresses the need to know staff as people.

Multilingual Dictionary of Knowledge Management

Civic Librarianship. Renewing the Social Mission of the Public Library

The Cost of Copyright Compliance in Further Education and Higher Education Institutions