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Information management and organizational change in higher education: The impact on academic libraries
Academic
Libraries
lnlormation Management and Organizational Change In Higher Education: The Impact on Academic libraries, ed. by Gary M. Piikin. W&port, Cl: Meckler. 1992. 152~. $4250 ISBN G8873&842-5. 92- 17535. (Supplements to Computers Libraries. no. 59.) Perm. paper.
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The JAL Guide to the Professional literature Jeff Cooper, Explanation of /AL Guide
guide editor
Entries
The )AL Guide provides article abstracts, annotations of new titles, and summaries of reviewsthathaverecentlyappeared in selected library, highereducation,andadministration journals.Titles receiving highly favorable reviews are preceded by a +. Titles appearing for the first time in the Guide are preceded by a n . Titles that have appeared previously in theCuidearefollowed byaseea/soreferencetotheissue(s) inwhich theentryorentries can be found. In most cases, a title will not appear in the Guide more than four times. The “Recommendation” portion of the review summary is synthesized or quoted from the text of the original review. In caseswhere a recommendation cannot be determined, this is also indicated. When a title has been simultaneously reviewed in more than one journal, only one review is summarized, but the recommendations from all subsequent reviews follow. Annotations of new titles not yet reviewed, prepared by the )AL Editorial Staff, are based on a study of the book itself and information supplied by the publisher. Annotations are set in italics. Journal articles, abstracted in “Around the Quad,” are selected for their perceived interest to academic librarians. Priority is given to articles appearing in journals that may not be widely read by )AL readers. Selected new or novel reference sources, both print and electronic, are annotated in the “Reference Sampler.” An alphabetical index by author (or brief title) and a list of all journals from which reviews have been summarized appear at the end of the Guide.
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Academic Libraries Administration Archives Automation Books on Books Cataloging & Classification CD-ROM Products and Services Collection Management Communications Copyright Freedom of Information Higher Education Information Science Information Storage & Retrieval Information Technology Interlibrary Cooperation International & Comparative Librarianship Librarianship Library & Information Science Research
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Library Buildings & Space Planning Library Finance Library History Library Instruction Library Services Literacy Measuring Library Performance Microcomputers Networks & Bibliographic Utilities Nonprint Media Online Catalogs Online Information Services Personnel & Staff Development Public Relations and Marketing Publishing Reference Services Security & Disaster Preparedness Serials Special Libraries & Collections Technical Services
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ofpapers originally presented at a seminar of the same title at the Computers in Libraries Annual Conference in March 1992. For a multi-authored collection it is unusually unified-not only in its additive structure but also in the vision of its contributors and in their conviction that librarians must takea proactive role in the change ‘hey envision. Pitkin’s substantial introductory chapter defines such concepts as information management, chief information officer, and transformation, then notes the role of information management in transformation to more decentralized organizational structures. The first three essays, by Jane Ryland, James Penrod, and Anne Woodsworth and Theresa Maylone, expand upon these concepts in the context of higher education. The final three essays further focus these concepts, describing the effects on academic libraries of information management ina highlytechnologicalenvironment. Joanne Euster addresses political issues (leadership, decentralization) and the consequences for various stakeholders. Charles Lowry explores management issues within the “informared” library, demonstrating that the greater transparency of operational information effects more consultative, collaborative decision making. Finally, Paul Gherman examines the effects oforganizational change on service. A subject index completes this thoughtful work.-Eds.
Redirection In Academic library Management, by James Thompson. London: Ubrary Assn./Bingley, 1991. 182p. S29.50; f23.60 to IA members l!SBNO-85157-468-a. This work addresses historical rather than practical aspects of academic library management, focusing on professional philosophies over the past 30 years. Its main hypothesis is that academic libraries “are based on the concept of the ‘general library”‘: following the example of the ancient Alexandria library, they strived for comprehensive acquisition into the 197Os, when the resultant expansion became unsustainable. A generous 30 pages of text is devoted to a case study of changes in funding levels and uses at the Birmingham University Library. Other chapters explore funding in the national (British) context, collection policies (58 pages emphasizing the domination of journals over monographs), automation and staffing, measurement, and redirection. This is a sound history of British academic libraries over the past
Libraries
lnlormation Management and Organizational Change In Higher Education: The Impact on Academic libraries, ed. by Gary M. Piikin. W&port, Cl: Meckler. 1992. 152~. $4250 ISBN G8873&842-5. 92- 17535. (Supplements to Computers Libraries. no. 59.) Perm. paper.
LC in
w This volume comprises expanded versions
The JAL Guide to the Professional literature Jeff Cooper, Explanation of /AL Guide
guide editor
Entries
The )AL Guide provides article abstracts, annotations of new titles, and summaries of reviewsthathaverecentlyappeared in selected library, highereducation,andadministration journals.Titles receiving highly favorable reviews are preceded by a +. Titles appearing for the first time in the Guide are preceded by a n . Titles that have appeared previously in theCuidearefollowed byaseea/soreferencetotheissue(s) inwhich theentryorentries can be found. In most cases, a title will not appear in the Guide more than four times. The “Recommendation” portion of the review summary is synthesized or quoted from the text of the original review. In caseswhere a recommendation cannot be determined, this is also indicated. When a title has been simultaneously reviewed in more than one journal, only one review is summarized, but the recommendations from all subsequent reviews follow. Annotations of new titles not yet reviewed, prepared by the )AL Editorial Staff, are based on a study of the book itself and information supplied by the publisher. Annotations are set in italics. Journal articles, abstracted in “Around the Quad,” are selected for their perceived interest to academic librarians. Priority is given to articles appearing in journals that may not be widely read by )AL readers. Selected new or novel reference sources, both print and electronic, are annotated in the “Reference Sampler.” An alphabetical index by author (or brief title) and a list of all journals from which reviews have been summarized appear at the end of the Guide.
PAGE
SUBJECT
Academic Libraries Administration Archives Automation Books on Books Cataloging & Classification CD-ROM Products and Services Collection Management Communications Copyright Freedom of Information Higher Education Information Science Information Storage & Retrieval Information Technology Interlibrary Cooperation International & Comparative Librarianship Librarianship Library & Information Science Research
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30 31 32 32 33 33 37 37 38 40 40 41 44 45 45 46
the Journal of Academic Librarianship,
47 48 48
SUBJECT
Library Buildings & Space Planning Library Finance Library History Library Instruction Library Services Literacy Measuring Library Performance Microcomputers Networks & Bibliographic Utilities Nonprint Media Online Catalogs Online Information Services Personnel & Staff Development Public Relations and Marketing Publishing Reference Services Security & Disaster Preparedness Serials Special Libraries & Collections Technical Services
March 1993
PACE
50 50 51 51 51 52 52 54 55 58 58 58 59 59 60 60 62 62 62 63
ofpapers originally presented at a seminar of the same title at the Computers in Libraries Annual Conference in March 1992. For a multi-authored collection it is unusually unified-not only in its additive structure but also in the vision of its contributors and in their conviction that librarians must takea proactive role in the change ‘hey envision. Pitkin’s substantial introductory chapter defines such concepts as information management, chief information officer, and transformation, then notes the role of information management in transformation to more decentralized organizational structures. The first three essays, by Jane Ryland, James Penrod, and Anne Woodsworth and Theresa Maylone, expand upon these concepts in the context of higher education. The final three essays further focus these concepts, describing the effects on academic libraries of information management ina highlytechnologicalenvironment. Joanne Euster addresses political issues (leadership, decentralization) and the consequences for various stakeholders. Charles Lowry explores management issues within the “informared” library, demonstrating that the greater transparency of operational information effects more consultative, collaborative decision making. Finally, Paul Gherman examines the effects oforganizational change on service. A subject index completes this thoughtful work.-Eds.
Redirection In Academic library Management, by James Thompson. London: Ubrary Assn./Bingley, 1991. 182p. S29.50; f23.60 to IA members l!SBNO-85157-468-a. This work addresses historical rather than practical aspects of academic library management, focusing on professional philosophies over the past 30 years. Its main hypothesis is that academic libraries “are based on the concept of the ‘general library”‘: following the example of the ancient Alexandria library, they strived for comprehensive acquisition into the 197Os, when the resultant expansion became unsustainable. A generous 30 pages of text is devoted to a case study of changes in funding levels and uses at the Birmingham University Library. Other chapters explore funding in the national (British) context, collection policies (58 pages emphasizing the domination of journals over monographs), automation and staffing, measurement, and redirection. This is a sound history of British academic libraries over the past