Advances in library administration and organization. Vol. 26

This collection of essays is designed to challenge working administrators and researchers to look more closely at their operations and consider again how they develop people and the organizations in which they work. It leads off with an article on skill development in reference service using a holis...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Garten, Edward D.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2008.
SeriesAdvances in library administration and organization,
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781849505284
ISSN0732-0671
DOI10.1016/S0732-0671(2008)26
Physical Description1 online resource (xiii, 366 p.).

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Table of Contents:
  • Transforming the rational perspective on skill development : the Dreyfus model in library reference work / Jennifer K. Sweeney
  • Faculty status, tenure, and compensating wage differentials among members of the Association of Research Libraries / Deborah Lee
  • The professional development of small community librarians in Texas : a qualitative study of the female experience / Belinda Boon
  • Academic library directors in the eyes of hiring administrators : a comparison of the attributes, qualifications, and competencies desired by chief academic officers with those recommended by academic library directors / Gary Neil Fitsimmons
  • Determining the reliability and validity of service quality scores in a public library context : a confirmatory approach / John Patrick Green
  • Corporate culture and the individual in perspective / Charles B. Osburn
  • Breaking out of sacred cow culture : the relationship of professional advice networks to receptivity to innovation in academic librarians / H. Frank Cervone.