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Created in response to requests from library science faculty for a
student edition with a focus on the planning and policy issues
germane to all academic libraries, this new text is a revised and
abridged version of the fifth edition of Lyle's Administration of
the College Library. The ten chapters that form the text edition
include six chapters essentially unchanged from the 1992
work_Contexts of the American College Library, Evolution of Higher
Education in the United States, Growth of Academic Librarianship,
Campus Context, Legal Status, Governance and Politics, and
Organization of the Library. Four reconfigured chapters address
questions of policy formulation and leadership in the areas of user
services, library staff, planning, and evaluation. The material in
these chapters comes from thirteen chapters in the fifth edition,
supplemented by recent research. The goal is to offer students a
framework for learning about academic libraries in the context of
higher education's learning goals and the value of quality library
service and staff.
Now available in paperback! The Administrative of the Public
Library is a comprehensive approach to contemporary public library
concerns. It combines theory and practical advice as it addresses
in a simple, logical, clear, and jargon-free fashion public library
policies, procedures, resources, and human relations. Based on the
premise that library administration entails not only familiarity
with management principles, but intimate knowledge of the products
and processes for which it is responsible, the book covers input
functions-collection development, technology, technical services;
public services-outreach information, circulation, youth, readers;
as well as important traditional management topics-staff,
directors, finance, buildings, and public relations. All of these
are developed within a system, political, historical, and social
context. The text uses as its model Guy R. Lyle's Administration of
the College Library and is designed for students and practicing
librarians alike.
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