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Managing Public Libraries in the 21st century

Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York Haworth Press 1989Edition: 1st.Description: 232p.ISBN: 0866569456.Subject(s): Public Libraries -- Administration | Library Administration -- ForecastingDDC classification: 025.1974 | M311
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Prepare yourself for the challenges that are certain to be facing the public library system in the coming years. Managing Public Libraries in the 21st Century predicts the types of management, planning, collections, building, funding and governing structures, and services that will be needed in the 21st century. The contributors address some of the most pressing questions with which the profession must be prepared to deal, including: What management skills will be required to administer the public library in the coming years? How can educators best prepare their students for public library administration? How will library funds be distributed in the future? The answers to these and many other important questions are highlighted in this informative new book. Public librarians, as well as library school faculty and students will find this volume to be fascinating and indispensable.
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Published As Journal Of Library Administration, V. 11, No. 1/2, 1989

Prepare yourself for the challenges that are certain to be facing the public library system in the coming years. Managing Public Libraries in the 21st Century predicts the types of management, planning, collections, building, funding and governing structures, and services that will be needed in the 21st century.

The contributors address some of the most pressing questions with which the profession must be prepared to deal, including:

What management skills will be required to administer the public library in the coming years?
How can educators best prepare their students for public library administration?
How will library funds be distributed in the future?

The answers to these and many other important questions are highlighted in this informative new book. Public librarians, as well as library school faculty and students will find this volume to be fascinating and indispensable.

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