Rx for Library Management

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Practical library research: a tool for effective library management.

Librarians are being urged to conduct research as one of their professional responsibilities. Many librarians, however, avoid research, because they believe it is beyond their capabilities or resources. This paper discusses the importance of conducting applied research-research directed toward solving practical problems. The paper describes how one library conducted practical research projects,...

Rx for Semantics∗

A constructive framework of recent work in the semantics of programming languages is offered. The criticism is directed not so much at the techniques and results obtained as at the use to which they are put. The fact that denotational (or “mathematical”) semantics plays on the whole a passive (“descriptive”) rôle, while operational semantics plays on the whole an active (“prescriptive”) rôle, i...

Education for digital libraries: library management perspective

The paper examines three Master’s programmes in digital libraries: Digital Library Learning (Oslo University College, Tallinn University, and University of Parma), Digital Library and Information Services, and Digital services – culture, information and communication (Swedish School of Library and Information Science). The author uses her direct experience of developing one of the programmes, c...

conflict management in university library

purpose: to examine link between conflict management styles used by university library managers with such demographic attributes such as gender, education, academic vs administrative status, experience, and their full vs. part time involvement with their role as library managers. methodology: data was secured by questioning library managers about their preferred treatment of staff conflicts. th...