TY - BOOK AU - Stueart,Robert D. AU - Moran,Barbara B. TI - Library and information center management T2 - Library and information science text series SN - 9781591584087 (alk. paper) AV - Z678 .S799 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Libraries Unlimited KW - Library administration KW - United States KW - Information services KW - Management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Managing in today's libraries and information centers -- The evolution of management thought -- Change : the innovative process -- Planning information services and systems -- Strategic planning : thinking and doing -- Marketing information services -- Organizations and organizational culture -- Structuring the organization : specialization and coordination -- The structure of organizations : today and in the future -- Staffing the library -- The human resources functions in the library -- Other issues in human resource management -- Motivation -- Leadership -- Ethics -- Communication -- Participative management and the use of teams in libraries -- Measuring, evaluating, and coordinating organizational performance -- Fiscal responsibility and control -- Managers : the next generation N2 - This text presents the principles of library and information centre management in a conceptual framework. It examines the dynamics of organizational missions, goals, policies and programmes, and the external forces encouraging change ER -