Project Management Techniques at the Complutense University: Academic Librarians' Perceptions

This study examines how academic librarians at the Complutense University (Spain) perceive project management techniques that are becoming increasingly popular in library and information centers due to the need to comply with their strategic planning and services. To reach this goal, a quantitative and qualitative methodology was applied and a survey, in the form of a questionnaire, was used as a data gathering tool. The response rate was 31.2%. The key findings are based on respondents' education regarding project management skills and their expertise managing projects, as well as the presence of project management courses in the Library and Information Science Spanish curriculum. This study revealed that over one third of the academic staff completed their project management training by self-directed learning. Additionally, over half of them stated that they had not participated in any library project in the last five years, and almost half of the library staff concluded that project management techniques are quite important as formal courses in the Library and Information Science university programs. The study is interesting and revealing for those library and information services professionals who are facing day-to-day to users' demands and Library and Information Science challenges.     

A Children's Focus Group Discussion in a Public Library:

A survey of public library administrators in North Carolina revealed that 85 percent engage in either short or long range planning activities using both formal, written and informal, unwritten policies and procedures. Analysis of the results showed that approximately 58 per cent used the ALAPLA manual, Plnnning and Role Setting for Public Libraries, for suggested planning techniques. Capital budgeting, operational resource strategy, and provision of written long-term objectives for the library were reasons given for planning by the majority of respondents. Most administrators anticipated a need for systematic planning in the future, primarily because of the changing roles of the library in the community, and the increasing need for accountability.     

图书馆战略规划流程模型研究

图书馆战略规划制定活动是围绕组织发展问题而展开的系统管理活动,依赖于合理的流程设计与符合图书馆时代特点的战略内容的结合。本文参考已有关于战略规划程序的研究结果,在调研数据的支持下,依照图书馆机构特点与战略管理理论,提出了包含准备、分析、制定发布三个阶段在内的战略规划流程模型,并从时间发展角度提出周期演进模式,以期为图书馆战略规划制定提供参考。     

图书馆信息资源数字化项目规划因素解析

在对国内外图书馆信息资源数字化项目规划内容考察的基础上，作者认为这类项目规划所包括的主要因素有数字资源管理政策的制定、数字资源用户及其需求的界定、图书馆馆藏资源的模拟图像和数字图像的评估、项目目标的确定、相似项目的调研、项目实施风险的分析和项目规划的制定。本文论述了这七大因素包括的基本内容，并指出了解析图书馆信息资源数字化项目规划因素的目的在于规范项目管理．提高数字化项目的运行效率。     

关于在我国实施图书馆行业管理制度的理论思考

根据我国社会主义市场经济体制进一步纵深发展所提出的转变政府职能的要求,认为在我国实施图书馆行业管理制度是大势所趋。图书馆行业管理制度,是在政府有关部门的政策指导和监督下,以图书馆行业协会为行业内部事务的管理主体,赋予图书馆协会以规划、协调、规范、监督、服务等职权,对图书馆行业内的事务进行自主管理的体制安排。政府部门和图书馆协会作为图书馆行业管理的"双主体",两者之间必须形成互补性的分工与合作关系。国外的图书馆行业协会有明确的职能定位,在行业管理中起到了不可或缺的主体作用。借鉴国外的经验和做法,在我国培育和建立图书馆行业协会组织,是在我国实施图书馆行业管理制度的必备条件之一。     

Management Development Programs in Large Public Libraries in the United States

There is an urgent need to identify potential library managers and prepare them for responsible positions. There is an equally pressing need for programs designed to provide current managers with additional information on new trends and developments in library administration. In order to expand and update the knowledge, skills, and abilities of present library managers and to establish a larger pool of qualified candidates for managerial positions, planned management development programs and/or activities are necessary. This study is an effort to determine the direction in which large public libraries are moving toward planning and establishing management development programs as well as to explore strategies used to attain financial support for such programs.     

国内图书情报领域图书馆战略规划研究热点探析

[目的/意义]揭示国内图书情报领域对图书馆战略规划方面的研究热点,为图书馆战略规划的进一步研究提供借鉴。[方法/过程]以中国知网(CNKI)全文数据库作为数据来源,获取国内图书情报领域图书馆战略规划的研究成果。首先,利用书目共现分析系统对研究成果题录进行关键词提取,并生成研究成果的高频关键词列表;然后,对高频关键词进行共词分析,构造高频关键词共现矩阵;最后,利用SPSS统计分析软件对高频关键词进行系统聚类分析,生成聚类分析树状图,进而获悉国内图书馆战略规划研究热点。[结果/结论]当前国内图书情报领域对图书馆战略规划的研究主要集中在战略规划及管理、发展趋势及战略、信息技术及服务、图书馆联盟、知识管理5个方面。     

Alternative user survey and group process methods nominal group technique applied to U.S. depository libraries

Understanding user needs need not be based on guesswork, yet there may be shortcut data collection alternatives to traditional expensive and timeconsuming library user surveys. Depository libraries are required to select useful materials to provide government information meeting the needs of area users. Assessing user needs is vital to library planning and to the development of library collection and public services policies. In any planning or assessment process, it is critical to define the specific planning purpose before determining the data to be collected and the methods of collection. There are various qualitative techniques for obtaining user information. Community surveys, published documents, library internal reports, and databases also yield user information. Alternatives to traditional user surveys provide the increased utility of improving communication among area information users and providers. A group process, which allows participants to hear each other, may be more effective and efficient than a written survey. The Nominal Group Technique (NGT), creates a listening forum, providing library administrators with information for planning.     

Institutional ties: developing an interface between a library acquisitions system and a parent institution accounting system

Automating the financial interface between a library acquisitions system and a parent institution accounting system is beneficial for both the library and the institution. This article highlights how automated interfaces have evolved in the past decade and discusses the many issues related to planning and implementing such an interface. Those issues include: securing institutional approval, programming, library system setup, file management, and other local decisions. The need for standards and the impact of Internet commerce are evolving issues for a paperless interface.     

馆员满意六策略——高校图书馆馆长领导艺术管见

从图书馆人本管理角度,提出了"馆员满意"策略,阐述了高校图书馆馆长运用管理艺术满足馆员心理需求,使其心情舒畅,工作效率优化的六项措施。     

Organizational Integration,Strategic Planning,and Staff Assessment in Publicly Funded Libraries

Library and information center services are at risk during times of extensive budget reductions. Publicly funded institutions labeled as inessential or as auxiliary departments may lose the revenue necessary to maintain full staffing. Financial circumstances of recent years highlight the importance of strategic planning in library and information center management. Although typically characterized as formal nonprofit organizations that depend on government expenditures and private donations, libraries are also open systems. The operations of an open system can be explained by reference to a levers model. Open systems are sensitive to the external environment and depend upon competent management for successful operation. Assessment measures are necessary for management evaluation. Poor decision making can be attributed to a lack of coherent policies in regards to employee evaluation and retention. A coherent assessment strategy is mutually reinforcing and can be illustrated by examples in the form of tables or other diagrams that locate integration policies vertically, in regards to the chosen strategy, and horizontally, in regards to how the policies support each other. The proper role of HR departments is to fairly implement the policies. Strategic planning and assessments should include standards of conduct and abide by established ethical criteria.     

面向一流高校建设的图书馆科研数据管理服务研究——以整合DLC-SH为视角

[目的/意义] 一流高校图书馆科研数据管理服务建设既是开放科学交流与合作的现实需要和科研数据共享与利用的客观要求,同时也是适配一流高等教育体系建设的必然趋势。[方法/过程] 选取国内外较有代表性的一流高校图书馆为样本,针对其科研数据管理服务建设的核心支撑要素、主要循环流程与内容、关键主体及其权责等方面展开调研,从整合数据生命周期与利益相关者的视角（DLC-SH）深入探究其服务建设的经验与问题。[结果/结论] 基于DLC-SH视角提出一种由宏观顶层设计与政策规划、中观服务路径设想与前瞻、微观服务体系构建与实现等相互联系的方面把控我国未来面向一流高校建设的图书馆科研数据管理服务革新框架,为后续的研究与实践提供借鉴与参考。     

National library for Bangladesh

This paper gives a comprehensive account of the development of library and information science education in Africa. Ghana was first to start any kind of library education in 1944 but the formal education started at Ibadan, Nigeria in 1959. By 1970 there were six library schools; four new schools started during 1970s and another six during 1980s. Two Regional Schools with Master's programme in Information Science started in 1990. Two new schools are likely to start soon. Nigeria alone has eight schools providing professional education at all levels including PhD (which is only available in Nigeria) and an exclusive programme of Master in Information Science at ARCIS, Ibadan. Several schools, realizing the importance of new developments in information science and technology, are planning to incorporate this component into their curriculae. The existing programmes need to be assessed in context of information needs of Africa.     

MARC holdings implementation: a long-term process with long-term advantages

As libraries migrate to new integrated library management systems, MARC holdings implementation often becomes an option or a requirement. The implementation of MARC holdings can be a long-term process but there are long-term advantages to using the standard. Penn State University Libraries implemented MARC holdings for serials in conjunction with their migration to a new library management system and the need to manage and display holdings information for a multi-campus library system. The implementation of MARC holdings coupled with a system implementation can be challenging for all staff. Short-term and long-term goals for holdings display and management need to be developed.     

Development of Library and Information Science Education in Africa

This paper gives a comprehensive account of the development of library and information science education in Africa. Ghana was first to start any kind of library education in 1944 but the formal education started at Ibadan, Nigeria in 1959. By 1970 there were six library schools; four new schools started during 1970s and another six during 1980s. Two Regional Schools with Master's programme in Information Science started in 1990. Two new schools are likely to start soon. Nigeria alone has eight schools providing professional education at all levels including PhD (which is only available in Nigeria) and an exclusive programme of Master in Information Science at ARCIS, Ibadan. Several schools, realizing the importance of new developments in information science and technology, are planning to incorporate this component into their curriculae. The existing programmes need to be assessed in context of information needs of Africa.     

Disaster Planning in Libraries

ABSTRACT

Disaster preparedness is an important issue in library management today. This article presents a general overview of the theoretical aspects of disaster planning in libraries. The stages of disaster planning are a circular process of planning, prevention, response, recovery, preparedness, and training.     

图书馆BPR项目风险管理

对图书馆业务流程重组(BPR)进行项目风险管理非常必要。目前图书馆BPR项目风险管理存在的问题有:缺乏对BPR的正确理解;缺乏高层管理人员参与;实施时机选择不当;缺少经验。BPR项目风险管理的流程是:项目风险识别,项目风险分析,项目风险规划,项目风险控制。表1。图8。参考文献11。     

Using the RFP Process to Select a Serials Vendor:

In this workshop, two librarians and a vendor described, and discussed the Request for Proposal (RFP) process to serials acquisitions librarians and vendor representatives. The format of the workshop followed the process of an actual RFP, beginning with the planning stage, the drafting of the request document, the submission to sources, the receipt by the solicited vendors, the preparation of a response, the evaluation, and the actual award. The central theme of the workshop was the contrast between the formal Request for Proposal (RFP) and the informal RFP. The formal RFP is usually mandated by law or by institutional regulations and always involves a Purchasing Department or Contracting Office outside the library. The informal RFP is not required by institutional or governmental regulations and is administered totally within the library.     

美国图书馆职业资格认证标准与实施制度分析

美国图书馆职业资格认证标准分为公共图书馆员、中小学图书馆员、图书馆管理者3类,其中公共图书馆员职业资格认证标准根据是否需要图书馆学硕士学位或图书馆学与信息科学硕士学位可细分为两类及其对应的不同等级;中小学图书馆员职业资格认证标准分为全国通用的和州立的两种类型,后者较为普遍,涉及教师许可证、硕士学位、图书馆媒体内容测试、其他测试和资格证书评价需满足的条件5个方面;图书馆管理者职业资格认证标准包含预算与经费、技术管理、组织与人事管理、建筑规划与管理等9个领域需达到的要求。上述3类认证的认证机构是不同的,但认证程序基本相同,且都可采用等级认证、学历认证、考试认证或交叉认证。对美国图书馆职业资格认证标准与实施制度的分析有助于为我国图书馆职业资格认证提供借鉴。     

Beyond the library: IAIMS at Georgetown University

The strategic planning process and the pilot phase projects undertaken by Georgetown University for an Integrated Academic Information Management System (IAIMS) are described. Emphasis is placed on core services such as a local area network, an academic information management center in the library, and expansion of health sciences databases for improved access to biomedical information. Special applications in education and clinical care are highlighted. The library, a key to IAIMS activities, has emerged in a leadership role at Georgetown.