Starting and Managing an Information Center
Starting and Managing an Information Center Articles

"And Then There Was One: Moving and Merging Three Health Science Library Collections." Mary Hitchcock, Rhonda Sager, and Julie Schneider. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, Fall 2005.

"Change in a Small Law Library: How We Moved Our Department into the 21st Century." Karen A. Nuckolls. Information Outlook, 9(4), April 2005: 23-24.

"Corporate Score." James M. Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein. Library Journal, 132(2), February 1, 2007: 42-43.

"Eight Tips for Working with a Consultant." Julie Gable. Information Management Journal, 41(4), July/August 2007: 42-48.

"Executing a Library Move: A Planned Approach to Moving Your Library." Catherine Dimenstein. Information Outlook, 8(1), January 2004: 37-42.

"Flying Solo? Involve Your Patrons in Your Work; Involve Your Library in Theirs." Donna M. Fisher. Information Outlook, 8(9), September 2004: 23-24.

"Four Steps I Took That Transformed My Solo Corporate Library." Tom Nielsen. Computers in Libraries, 23(9), October 2003: 22-24.

"Globalization of Corporate Information Centers." Roger Strouse. Online, 27(6), November/December 2003.

"The Heretical Library Manager for the Future." Steve O'Connor. Library Management, 28(1/2), 2007: 62-71.

"How Can You Be a Manager? You're a Solo!" Carol Simon. Information Outlook, 9(3), March 2005: 13-14.

"How to Survive a Library Move." Jennifer S. Murray. AALL Spectrum, 10(1), September/October 2005: 18-19, 33.

"Information Spaces and Collections: Implications for Organization." Hur-Li Lee. Library and Information Science Research, 25(4), Winter 2003: 419-436.

"It's Annual Report Time." Chris Olson. B&F Bulletin, Winter 2007: 9-10.

"Librarians as Knowledge Builders: Strategic Partnering for Service and Advocacy." Patricia A. Kreitz. College & Research Libraries News, 65(1), January 2004: 8-10, 15.

"A Management Case Study: Challenges of Initiating an Information Service in Molecular Biology and Genetics." Barbara A. Epstein. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 94(3), July 2006: 245-247.

"Maximizing Library Storage with High-Tech Robotic Shelving." Rick Amrhein and Donna Resetar. Computers in Libraries, 24(10), November/December 2004: 6-8, 51-54, 56.

"Methodology: How Great Managers Manage People." Paul Michelman. Harvard Management Update, 9(7), August 2004.

"Personalized Service? Changing the Role of the Government Librarian." Katherine Taylor and Sheila Corrall. Journal of Information Science, 33(3), 2007: 298-314. Abstract.

"Redesigning a Library's Organizational Structure." Mori Lou Higa et al. College & Research Libraries, 66(1), January 2005: 41-58.

"Reinventing Library Buildings and Services for the Millennial Generation." Richard T. Sweeney. Library Administration and Management, 19(4), Fall 2005: 165-175.

"Second Site: Order From Chaos--Twice." Claudia Ellis Harbert. Information Outlook, 8(8), August 2004: 28-31.

"Setting up a Library from Scratch." Shelley Tegart. Wired West, 5(1), October 2001.

"Think Like a Business, Act Like a Library: Library Public Relations." Daniel Stuhlman. Information Outlook, 7(9), September 2003.

"Thinking of Managing an Information Center?" Jim Schwartz. Information Outlook, 8(8), August 2004: 22-24.

"Under Budget, on Time, and in Sync: How to Stage Successful Rollouts." Marc Soloman. Searcher, 13(2), February 2005: 28-39.

"Using the Balanced Scorecard at the University of Virginia Library: An Interview with Jim Self and Lynda White." Alfred Willis. Library Administration & Management, 18(2), Spring 2004: 64-67.

"You Can't Hurry Love: Patience, Perseverence, and a Positive Attitude Move a Music Library." Laurie Phillips Gibson, Alicia Hansen, and Deborah Poole. Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, 63(1), September 2006: 13-42.

 

Monographs

Asantewa, Doris. Strategic Planning Basics for Special Libraries. Washington, DC: Special Libraries Association, 1992.

Bilal, Dania. Automating Media Centers and Small Libraries: A Microcomputer-Based Approach, 2nd ed. Greenwood Village, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2002.

Evans, G. Edward and Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro. Developing Library and Information Center Collections, 5th ed. Greenwood Village, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2005. Ordering information.

Evans, G. Edward, Patricia Layzell Ward, and Bendik Rugaas. Management Basics for Information Professionals. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2000. Table of contents and ordering information.

Freifield, Roberta and Carol Masyr. Space Planning in the Special Library. Washington, DC: Special Libraries Association, 1991. Available through Interlibrary Loan.

Hallam, Arlita W. and Teresa R. Dalston. Managing Budgets and Finances: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Librarians and Information Professionals. New York, NY: Neal-Schumann Publishers, January 2005. Table of contents and ordering information.

Haynes, Elizabeth and Joanna F. Fountain. Unlocking the Mysteries of Cataloging. Greenwood Village, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2005. Ordering information.

Intner, Sheila S. and Jean Weihs. Special Libraries: A Cataloging Guide. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1998. Ordering information.

Kreizman, Karen. Establishing an Information Center: A Practical Guide. London: Bowker-Saur, 1999.

Moorman, John. Running a Small Library: A How-to-Do-It Manual. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2006. Ordering information.

Mount, Ellis and Renée Massoud. Special Libraries and Information Centers: An Introductory Text, 4th ed. Washington, DC: Special Libraries Association, 1999. Ordering information.

Pantry, Sheila and Peter Griffiths. Setting Up a Library and Information Service from Scratch. UK: Library Association Publishing, September 2005.

Perez, Alice J., ed. Reference Collection Development: A Manual. RUSA Occasional Paper #27. Chicago: American Library Association, 2004.

Porter, Cathy A. et al. Special Libraries: A Guide for Management, 4th ed. Washington, DC: Special Libraries Association, 1997. Available through Interlibrary Loan.

Porter, Kirby. Setting Up a New Library and Information Service. Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2003.

Siess, Judith A. The New OPL Sourcebook. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2006. Ordering information.

Smith, Ruth. Setting Up A Library: How to Begin or Begin Again, 2nd rev. ed. Portland, OR: Church and Synagogue Library Association, 1994. Table of contents and ordering information.

Social Science Divsion, Special Libraries Association. A Sampler of Forms for Special Libraries, 2nd ed. Washington, DC: Special Libraries Association, 1991.

Tucker, Dennis. Library Relocations and Collection Shifts. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 1999. Ordering information.

 

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