The Impact of Differing Orientations of Librarians on the Process of Children's Book Selection: A Case Study of Library Tensions
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This paper represents an attempt to apply current organizational theory to the understanding of a large juvenile library system's selection goals and guidelines. Writings on goal conflict within organizations suggest that the two groups characteristically involved in a large library's book selection process, the coordinators and branch librarians, would display differing orientations toward the process which would result in conflicting objectives and organizational tensions. A case study using nonparticipant observation, interviews, and a questionnaire survey was carried out to examine this hypothesis. The findings challenge the traditional view of forces guiding book selection in a children's library Disciplines Collection Development and Management | Communication This journal article is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers/414 THE IMPACT OF DIFFERING ORIENTATIONS OF LIBRARIANS ON THE PROCESS OF CHILDREN'S BOOK SELECTION: A CASE STUDY OF LIBRARY TENSIONS
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