Non book types of materials are also discussed, which are currently of great interest to many libraries. This practical book will be of great assistance to anyone working with serials and/or books and vendors.

Financial Planning for Libraries stresses the need for libraries to weed out expenditures which do not contribute to their basic role--the collection and organization of information--when planning where and when to spend money.

Readership: Particularly valuable as an on-the-job reference source for those working towards chartered/corporate membership of professional bodies, this workbook also makes extremely useful reading for students and lecturers, staff ...

With cutting-edge research studies as well as theoretical chapters that have not been seen before in the marketing literature for LIS, this book examines the current and quite limited state of marketing by LIS practitioners and institutions ...

Through the use of examples, exercises, and tools for development, this book walks readers through the steps needed to create a sustainable, service-oriented model by Explaining how a service culture reaches beyond the individual leader ...

Introductory library science textbook - outlines history of librarys; based on USA practices, discusses job content of librarians and library assistants, functions and services of major types of libraries, library automation, information ...

"Included are insights from working library managers at different levels and in various types of libraries, addressing a wide range of management issues and situations.

Offers an accessible guide to the complete research process, focusing on day-to-day requirements of project managing a piece of research from formulation of the idea to development of a research proposal and the writing up and disseminating ...

Library Space Planning covers all aspects of space planning, library moves, and security needs. This guide widely offers techniques for best exploiting space through careful appraisal and reorganization.

An excellent career resource for library administrators and a useful text to prepare future administrators for the tumultuous changes they will face as their libraries move toward the twenty-first century.